Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Alarko Gmyo (IS:ALGYO), which rose 5.25% or 1.74 points to trade at 34.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) added 3.33% or 0.33 points to end at 10.23 and Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) was up 3.14% or 0.22 points to 7.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which fell 1.94% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.010 at the close. Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) declined 1.88% or 0.13 points to end at 6.80 and Alarko Holding (IS:ALARK) was down 1.79% or 0.080 points to 4.380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 176 to 148 and 79 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.43% or 5.25 to $1213.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.34% or 1.55 to hit $47.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 3.44% or 1.61 to trade at $48.47 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.05% to 3.3658, while EUR/TRY rose 0.29% to 3.5766.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 100.98.