Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 0.78%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Electricity and Real Estate Investments sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.78%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:BRSAN), which rose 9.95% or 49.75 points to trade at 549.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Borusan Yatirim ve Pazarlama AS (IS:BRYAT) added 4.64% or 105.00 points to end at 2,369.00 and Ard Grup Bilisim Teknolojileri AS (IS:ARDYZ) was up 4.37% or 1.54 points to 36.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:EKGYO), which fell 5.71% or 0.69 points to trade at 11.40 at the close. Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS (IS:KTLEV) declined 5.60% or 2.80 points to end at 47.20 and Enerya Enerji AS (IS:ENERY) was down 4.69% or 10.00 points to 203.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 401 to 163 and 14 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 9.60 to $2,542.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.87% or 2.66 to hit $66.05 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.34% or 2.40 to trade at $69.44 a barrel.

USD/TRY was unchanged 0.00% to 34.04, while EUR/TRY fell 0.18% to 37.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.64.