Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Banking and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY), which rose 5.19% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.42 at the close. Meanwhile, CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) added 5.00% or 0.19 points to end at 3.99 and ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) was up 4.83% or 0.300 points to 6.510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which fell 3.19% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.59 at the close. Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) declined 3.13% or 0.010 points to end at 0.310 and Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS (IS:YKBNK) was down 3.08% or 0.060 points to 1.890.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 195 to 156 and 55 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.85 to $1302.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.74% or 2.01 to hit $51.68 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.13% or 1.93 to trade at $59.66 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.20% to 5.3311, while EUR/TRY rose 1.52% to 6.0991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.343.