Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR), which rose 9.33% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.280 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 4.90% or 0.050 points to end at 1.070 and Kartonsan (IS:KARTN) was up 4.19% or 11.00 points to 273.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which lost 7.12% or 3.22 points to trade at 42.00 in late trade. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 5.91% or 0.140 points to end at 2.230 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) shed 5.65% or 0.130 points to 2.170.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 144 and 77 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.39% or 5.00 to $1268.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.00% or 0.50 to hit $49.46 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.64 to trade at $50.15 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.49% to 3.0861, while EUR/TRY rose 0.75% to 3.3698.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 98.52.