Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Banking and Metal Products & Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO), which rose 10.13% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) added 6.29% or 2.02 points to end at 34.12 and Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) was up 5.71% or 0.020 points to 0.370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER), which fell 7.16% or 1.22 points to trade at 15.82 at the close. Turkiye Is Bankasi AS Class C (IS:ISCTR) declined 5.80% or 0.240 points to end at 3.900 and Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) was down 4.95% or 0.75 points to 14.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 222 to 145 and 41 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.30 to $1207.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $68.58 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $78.00 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 2.05% to 6.2995, while EUR/TRY rose 2.63% to 7.3678.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.07.