Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Sports, Basic Metals and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE), which rose 6.75% or 0.170 points to trade at 2.690 at the close. Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) added 6.15% or 0.38 points to end at 6.56 and Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) was up 5.29% or 0.36 points to 7.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which lost 9.14% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.77 in late trade. Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) declined 6.98% or 2.92 points to end at 38.92 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) shed 5.61% or 1.36 points to 22.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 233 to 112 and 64 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.45% or 5.75 to $1260.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.16% or 0.94 to hit $44.38 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.44% or 1.50 to trade at $45.13 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.17% to 2.9482, while EUR/TRY rose 0.19% to 3.3578.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.18.