Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Services and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS), which rose 4.27% or 0.340 points to trade at 8.300 at the close. Otokar (IS:OTKAR) added 3.78% or 4.70 points to end at 129.20 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was up 3.33% or 0.010 points to 0.310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enka Insaat (IS:ENKAI), which lost 2.44% or 0.130 points to trade at 5.200 in late trade. Vestel (IS:VESTL) declined 2.19% or 0.140 points to end at 6.260 and Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN) shed 2.05% or 4.50 points to 215.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 184 to 154 and 70 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.65 to $1132.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.20 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $55.18 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.45% to 3.5116, while EUR/TRY fell 0.04% to 3.6634.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 102.98.