Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Sports, Information Technology and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Sasa Polyester (IS:SASA), which rose 10.81% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.460 at the close. Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) added 2.42% or 0.040 points to end at 1.690 and Bim Magazalar (IS:BIMAS) was up 0.94% or 0.45 points to 48.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS), which lost 7.24% or 0.80 points to trade at 10.25 in late trade. Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) declined 6.61% or 0.750 points to end at 10.600 and Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) shed 6.34% or 0.36 points to 5.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 348 to 45 and 18 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.42% or 15.70 to $1123.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $49.77 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.35% to 2.7700, while EUR/TRY rose 1.10% to 3.1040.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.24% at 96.03.