Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Sports, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.83%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Parsan Makina Parcalari Sanayi AS (IS:PARSN), which rose 5.52% or 0.510 points to trade at 9.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Alarko Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:ALGYO) added 4.26% or 1.78 points to end at 43.54 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was up 2.35% or 0.020 points to 0.870 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER), which fell 7.58% or 0.59 points to trade at 7.19 at the close. TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) declined 4.48% or 1.18 points to end at 25.18 and Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) was down 3.90% or 1.54 points to 37.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 285 to 83 and 38 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.25 to $1301.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.60% or 1.01 to hit $64.09 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.69 to trade at $71.03 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.21% to 5.6933, while EUR/TRY rose 1.62% to 6.4120.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.657.