Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Sports, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO), which rose 7.50% or 0.30 points to trade at 4.30 at the close. Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) added 7.28% or 0.190 points to end at 2.800 and Bagfas (IS:BAGFS) was up 5.71% or 0.80 points to 14.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL), which lost 7.23% or 2.05 points to trade at 26.30 in late trade. Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) declined 5.90% or 0.800 points to end at 12.750 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) shed 5.82% or 0.170 points to 2.750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 223 to 183 and 10 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.72% or 8.50 to $1195.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.41% or 2.01 to hit $60.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.57% or 1.71 to trade at $68.16 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.01% to 2.7129, while EUR/TRY rose 0.33% to 3.0345.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 95.25.