Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.54% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY), which rose 6.41% or 0.15 points to trade at 2.49 at the close. Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) added 2.41% or 0.40 points to end at 17.00 and Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) was up 1.96% or 0.010 points to 0.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ), which lost 4.26% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.350 in late trade. Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL) declined 4.11% or 0.060 points to end at 1.400 and Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:ASELS) shed 4.10% or 1.24 points to 28.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 238 to 120 and 51 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.70 to $1339.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.71% or 0.45 to hit $63.06 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.56 to trade at $67.56 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.30% to 4.0001, while EUR/TRY rose 0.48% to 4.9184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.73.