Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Textile & Leather and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA), which rose 8.60% or 0.540 points to trade at 6.820 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 4.79% or 0.220 points to end at 4.810 and Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA) was up 3.61% or 0.070 points to 2.010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which lost 10.53% or 0.60 points to trade at 5.10 in late trade. ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) declined 8.53% or 0.550 points to end at 5.900 and Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) shed 5.25% or 1.420 points to 25.640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 297 to 81 and 26 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.90% or 25.10 to $1293.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.43 to trade at $78.66 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.86% to 4.4483, while EUR/TRY rose 1.30% to 5.2779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 93.03.