Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 0.17%

Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 0.17%

Oct 16, 2018

Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Technology and Food&Beverages sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER), which rose 8.17% or 0.66 points to trade at 8.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL) added 6.19% or 0.070 points to end at 1.200 and Trakya Cam Sanayi AS (IS:TRKCM) was up 4.12% or 0.160 points to 4.040 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS), which fell 4.15% or 1.060 points to trade at 24.480 at the close. Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) declined 3.60% or 0.650 points to end at 17.430 and Akenerji Elektrik Uretim AS (IS:AKENR) was down 3.13% or 0.020 points to 0.620.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 179 to 169 and 59 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1231.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $71.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.30 to trade at $81.08 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 1.15% to 5.7179, while EUR/TRY fell 1.03% to 6.6332.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 94.63.

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