Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 5.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Verusa Holding AS (IS:VERUS), which rose 0.93% or 0.20 points to trade at 21.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Gentas Genel Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GENTS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 1.880 and Kordsa Global Endustriyel Iplik ve Kord Bezi Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KORDS) was down 1.05% or 0.11 points to 10.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indeks Bilgisayar Sistemleri Muhendislik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:INDES), which fell 10.68% or 0.790 points to trade at 6.610 at the close. Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN) declined 9.45% or 0.460 points to end at 4.410 and Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) was down 8.88% or 0.75 points to 7.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 360 to 33 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.45 to $1316.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.20% or 0.72 to hit $59.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.46 to trade at $66.97 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.98% to 5.4325, while EUR/TRY rose 1.85% to 6.1113.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.425.