Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Sports, Tourism and Textile & Leather sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Aksa (IS:AKSA), which rose 6.59% or 0.67 points to trade at 10.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) added 5.47% or 0.33 points to end at 6.36 and Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) was up 4.12% or 0.120 points to 3.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE), which fell 3.69% or 0.490 points to trade at 12.800 at the close. Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) declined 2.59% or 0.130 points to end at 4.890 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) was down 2.43% or 0.50 points to 20.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 188 to 144 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aksa (IS:AKSA) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.59% or 0.67 to 10.83. Shares in Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) rose to all time highs; up 4.12% or 0.120 to 3.030.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.13% or 1.71 to $1265.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $49.79 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $52.54 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.25% to 3.5887, while EUR/TRY fell 0.29% to 3.9011.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.13.