Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Sports sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 15.67% or 0.420 points to trade at 3.100 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 8.40% or 0.210 points to end at 2.710 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) was up 6.55% or 2.55 points to 41.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER), which lost 6.93% or 3.25 points to trade at 43.65 in late trade. Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) declined 5.51% or 1.30 points to end at 22.30 and Tupras (IS:TUPRS) shed 4.65% or 3.20 points to 65.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 284 to 118 and 11 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.32% or 3.90 to $1204.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.00% or 1.77 to hit $60.75 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.47% or 1.60 to trade at $66.64 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.45% to 2.5907, while EUR/TRY rose 0.89% to 2.8866.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.35.