Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 0.01%

Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Sports and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Astor Enerji AS (IS:ASTOR), which rose 9.95% or 15.60 points to trade at 172.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Iskenderun Demir ve Celik AS (IS:ISDMR) added 8.09% or 4.05 points to end at 54.10 and Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) was up 7.05% or 12.60 points to 191.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Turkiye Sigorta AS (IS:TURSG), which fell 9.79% or 0.37 points to trade at 3.41 at the close. Hektas Ticaret TAS (IS:HEKTS) declined 5.88% or 0.10 points to end at 1.60 and 1000 Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:BINHO) was down 4.62% or 0.17 points to 3.51.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 399 to 226 and 16 ended unchanged.

Shares in Turkiye Sigorta AS (IS:TURSG) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.79% or 0.37 to 3.41. Shares in Hektas Ticaret TAS (IS:HEKTS) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.88% or 0.10 to 1.60. Shares in 1000 Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:BINHO) fell to all time lows; down 4.62% or 0.17 to 3.51.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.85% or 34.15 to $4,072.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.66% or 1.69 to hit $100.07 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 1.37 to trade at $109.37 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.07% to 49.79, while EUR/TRY fell 0.15% to 55.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.07.