Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Tourism, Technology and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:ALCTL), which rose 11.85% or 1.000 points to trade at 9.440 at the close. Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO) added 4.39% or 0.050 points to end at 1.190 and Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) was up 3.23% or 0.050 points to 1.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ), which lost 4.82% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.790 in late trade. Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) declined 3.77% or 0.37 points to end at 9.45 and Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:ASELS) shed 3.62% or 0.80 points to 21.28.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 252 to 100 and 51 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.16% or 1.97 to $1256.73 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.86% or 0.42 to hit $49.49 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.41 to trade at $52.62 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.80% to 3.6334, while EUR/TRY rose 1.45% to 4.0457.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.43.