Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Sports and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO), which rose 5.38% or 3.35 points to trade at 65.65 at the close. Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) added 3.44% or 1.80 points to end at 54.15 and Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:EKGYO) was up 3.17% or 0.080 points to 2.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which lost 10.73% or 1.700 points to trade at 14.150 in late trade. Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESTL) declined 6.79% or 0.830 points to end at 11.400 and Karsan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARSN) shed 6.50% or 0.160 points to 2.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 146 and 54 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.92% or 12.50 to $1342.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.29% or 0.19 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $69.53 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.29% to 3.9771, while EUR/TRY rose 0.02% to 4.9374.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 88.94.