Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Tourism and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Bim Magazalar (IS:BIMAS), which rose 3.22% or 1.70 points to trade at 54.45 at the close. Aselsan (IS:ASELS) added 2.51% or 0.23 points to end at 9.39 and Ayen Enerji (IS:AYEN) was up 2.27% or 0.070 points to 3.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca Cola Icecek (IS:CCOLA), which lost 9.55% or 3.66 points to trade at 34.68 in late trade. Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS) declined 6.73% or 0.79 points to end at 10.94 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) shed 6.11% or 0.540 points to 8.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 322 to 48 and 34 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.00% or 13.35 to $1318.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.17% or 0.53 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 0.73 to trade at $47.39 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.05% to 3.0724, while EUR/TRY rose 0.88% to 3.3821.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.19.