Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the declined 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kocaer Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:), which rose 6.67% or 3.19 points to trade at 51.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Agrotech Yuksek Teknoloji ve Yatirim AS (IS:) added 4.23% or 0.90 points to end at 22.18 and TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:) was up 3.68% or 9.75 points to 274.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:), which fell 8.67% or 1.02 points to trade at 10.75 at the close. Ard Grup Bilisim Teknolojileri AS (IS:) declined 4.46% or 1.76 points to end at 37.70 and Tekfen Holding AS (IS:) was down 3.96% or 2.30 points to 55.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 391 to 172 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:) fell to 3-years lows; down 8.67% or 1.02 to 10.75.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.16% or 52.15 to $2,363.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.31% or 0.24 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $81.72 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.71% to 33.01, while EUR/TRY rose 0.93% to 35.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.03.
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