Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Investments, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Trabzonspor Sportif Yatirim ve Futbol Isletmeciligi Ticaret AS (IS:TSPOR), which rose 19.53% or 0.250 points to trade at 1.530 at the close. Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS (IS:TTRAK) added 3.08% or 1.20 points to end at 40.10 and Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) was up 3.03% or 0.60 points to 20.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL), which lost 4.76% or 1.06 points to trade at 21.20 in late trade. Anel Elektrik Proje Taahhut ve Ticaret AS (IS:ANELE) declined 3.51% or 0.060 points to end at 1.650 and ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) shed 3.32% or 0.080 points to 2.330.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 214 to 151 and 42 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1249.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.06% or 1.05 to hit $52.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.74 to trade at $60.71 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.92% to 5.3741, while EUR/TRY rose 0.61% to 6.0901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.385.