Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electricity, Textile & Leather and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 2.05% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 20.00% or 0.290 points to trade at 1.740 at the close. Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) added 1.31% or 0.020 points to end at 1.550 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 0.97% or 0.010 points to 1.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anadolu Cam (IS:ANACM), which lost 5.31% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.960 in late trade. Bizim Magazalari (IS:BIZIM) declined 4.65% or 0.74 points to end at 15.19 and Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) shed 4.36% or 0.22 points to 4.83.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 296 to 53 and 61 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.61% or 20.70 to $1309.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.56% or 1.71 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.61% or 1.77 to trade at $47.20 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.75% to 2.9471, while EUR/TRY fell 0.16% to 3.2905.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 95.33.