Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Banking and Sports sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Kordsa Global (IS:KORDS), which rose 3.29% or 0.26 points to trade at 8.16 at the close. Do-Co (IS:DOCO) added 2.68% or 6.10 points to end at 234.10 and Cimsa (IS:CIMSA) was up 2.41% or 0.37 points to 15.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which lost 14.26% or 1.72 points to trade at 10.34 in late trade. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 4.76% or 0.020 points to end at 0.400 and Halk Gmyo (IS:HLGYO) shed 4.08% or 0.040 points to 0.940.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 281 to 80 and 46 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.29% or 3.65 to $1251.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.86% or 0.90 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 0.92 to trade at $52.34 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.02% to 3.6591, while EUR/TRY fell 0.51% to 3.9368.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 99.88.