Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electricity, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL), which rose 10.80% or 0.760 points to trade at 7.800 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) added 9.88% or 0.160 points to end at 1.780 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 7.95% or 0.140 points to 1.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL), which lost 8.23% or 1.61 points to trade at 17.96 in late trade. Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) declined 4.12% or 0.070 points to end at 1.630 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) shed 3.39% or 0.270 points to 7.690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 212 to 124 and 71 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1318.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.39% or 0.17 to hit $44.03 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.03 to trade at $45.92 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.05% to 2.9750, while EUR/TRY fell 0.09% to 3.3236.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 95.87.