Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Sports and Basic Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Brisa (IS:BRISA), which rose 6.12% or 0.48 points to trade at 8.32 at the close. Aksa Enerji (IS:AKSEN) added 4.53% or 0.130 points to end at 3.000 and Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) was up 4.35% or 0.38 points to 9.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which lost 3.95% or 1.05 points to trade at 25.50 in late trade. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 3.57% or 0.010 points to end at 0.270 and Aselsan (IS:ASELS) shed 3.02% or 0.45 points to 14.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 247 to 156 and 12 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1187.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 0.56 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.00% or 0.01 to trade at $62.06 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.81% to 2.6635, while EUR/TRY rose 0.86% to 2.9066.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.46.