Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Tourism, Telecoms and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Global Yatirim Holding AS (IS:GLYHO), which rose 10.14% or 0.350 points to trade at 3.800 at the close. Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) added 6.45% or 0.040 points to end at 0.660 and Afyon Cimento Sanayi TAS (IS:AFYON) was up 5.84% or 0.46 points to 8.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selcuk Ecza Deposu Ticaret ve Sanayi AS (IS:SELEC), which lost 7.37% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.520 in late trade. Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) declined 4.83% or 0.99 points to end at 19.49 and Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi AS (IS:OTKAR) shed 4.62% or 6.10 points to 125.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 207 to 149 and 48 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.69% or 8.74 to $1284.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.82% or 0.47 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $63.40 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.36% to 3.8721, while EUR/TRY fell 0.44% to 4.4848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 94.85.