Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Sports, Tourism and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Aksa (IS:AKSA), which rose 6.59% or 0.67 points to trade at 10.83 at the close. Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) added 5.47% or 0.33 points to end at 6.36 and Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) was up 4.12% or 0.120 points to 3.030 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE), which lost 3.69% or 0.490 points to trade at 12.800 in late trade. Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) declined 2.59% or 0.130 points to end at 4.890 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) shed 2.43% or 0.50 points to 20.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 188 to 144 and 70 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.76 to $1265.44 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $49.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $52.53 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.26% to 3.5890, while EUR/TRY fell 0.28% to 3.9013.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.13.