Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Electricity and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Do-Co (IS:DOCO), which rose 5.33% or 12.00 points to trade at 237.00 at the close. Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) added 5.18% or 0.57 points to end at 11.58 and Vestel (IS:VESTL) was up 4.64% or 0.290 points to 6.540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 10.00% or 0.080 points to end at 0.720 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) shed 8.30% or 0.800 points to 8.840.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 181 to 167 and 58 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.26% or 3.45 to $1332.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.70% or 0.32 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.15 to trade at $46.81 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.58% to 3.0257, while EUR/TRY rose 1.03% to 3.3338.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 97.09.