Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metal Products & Machinery, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.92%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA), which rose 13.15% or 0.580 points to trade at 4.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) added 9.09% or 0.030 points to end at 0.360 and SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) was up 5.73% or 0.490 points to 9.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO), which fell 9.96% or 6.95 points to trade at 62.80 at the close. Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO) declined 8.32% or 2.12 points to end at 23.36 and ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) was down 6.62% or 0.310 points to 4.370.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 197 to 160 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.30 to $1268.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 1.02 to trade at $74.30 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.36% to 4.6942, while EUR/TRY rose 0.66% to 5.4925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.01.