Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Sports, Leasing & Factoring and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turcas Petrol (IS:TRCAS), which rose 4.32% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.690 at the close. Aselsan (IS:ASELS) added 3.91% or 0.57 points to end at 15.15 and Trakya Cam (IS:TRKCM) was up 3.34% or 0.100 points to 3.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ), which lost 9.09% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) declined 7.79% or 0.060 points to end at 0.710 and Nurol Gmyo (IS:NUGYO) shed 6.10% or 0.280 points to 4.310.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 248 to 106 and 52 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1258.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.20% or 0.65 to hit $53.40 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.61 to trade at $55.81 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.55% to 3.6279, while EUR/TRY rose 0.92% to 3.8560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 100.81.