Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Banking and Sports sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.01%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which fell 14.26% or 1.72 points to trade at 10.34 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 4.76% or 0.020 points to end at 0.400 and Halk Gmyo (IS:HLGYO) was down 4.08% or 0.040 points to 0.940.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 281 to 80 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kordsa Global (IS:KORDS) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.29% or 0.26 to 8.16.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.33% or 4.10 to $1251.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 1.77% or 0.91 to trade at $52.33 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.03% to 3.6594, while EUR/TRY fell 0.50% to 3.9371.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 99.88.