Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Holding (IS:METRO), which rose 20.00% or 0.140 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) added 9.62% or 0.200 points to end at 2.280 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 6.85% or 0.150 points to 2.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 3.13% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.310 in late trade. Celebi (IS:CLEBI) declined 2.96% or 0.62 points to end at 20.30 and Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) shed 2.94% or 0.050 points to 1.650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 252 to 94 and 61 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.35 to $1258.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.23 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.05% to 3.0892, while EUR/TRY rose 0.40% to 3.4136.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.64.