Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electricity, Holdings & Investments and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Holding (IS:METRO), which rose 20.00% or 0.170 points to trade at 1.020 at the close. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) added 14.02% or 5.56 points to end at 45.22 and Eczacibasi Yatirim (IS:ECZYT) was up 5.13% or 0.64 points to 13.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which lost 3.36% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.300 in late trade. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 3.27% or 0.080 points to end at 2.370 and Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) shed 2.71% or 0.360 points to 12.920.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 230 to 120 and 58 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.80% or 10.15 to $1273.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.13% or 0.57 to hit $49.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.22% or 0.63 to trade at $50.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.24% to 3.0728, while EUR/TRY fell 0.17% to 3.3460.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 98.73.