Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Sports, Banking and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which rose 5.33% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 3.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.270 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) was up 1.82% or 0.050 points to 2.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER), which fell 10.65% or 4.25 points to trade at 35.65 at the close. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) declined 9.55% or 3.20 points to end at 30.30 and Eczacibasi Yatirim (IS:ECZYT) was down 5.51% or 0.65 points to 11.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 318 to 85 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.31% or 3.70 to $1208.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.52% or 0.31 to hit $60.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.74 to trade at $66.11 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.66% to 2.6165, while EUR/TRY rose 0.33% to 2.8712.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 96.52.