Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Banking and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY), which rose 17.97% or 0.23 points to trade at 1.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Besiktas Futbol Yatirimlari Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BJKAS) added 8.78% or 0.130 points to end at 1.610 and Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) was up 8.51% or 0.040 points to 0.510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcelik AS (IS:ARCLK), which fell 3.46% or 0.67 points to trade at 18.71 at the close. Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayi AS (IS:AEFES) declined 2.92% or 0.58 points to end at 19.30 and Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER) was down 2.63% or 0.19 points to 7.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 206 to 137 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.51% or 0.040 to 0.510.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1276.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.95% or 1.89 to hit $65.96 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.43% or 2.47 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.45% to 5.8365, while EUR/TRY rose 0.59% to 6.5717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.955.