Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Electricity, Information Technology and Sports sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 5.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA), which rose 10.53% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) added 8.63% or 0.240 points to end at 3.020 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) was up 7.63% or 2.00 points to 28.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tumosan Motor Ve Traktor (IS:TMSN), which fell 18.92% or 1.370 points to trade at 5.870 at the close. Vestel (IS:VESTL) declined 17.50% or 0.770 points to end at 3.630 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) was down 16.95% or 4.55 points to 22.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 397 to 14 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1172.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.49% or 0.88 to hit $58.25 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.69 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 3.65% to 2.7586, while EUR/TRY rose 4.75% to 3.1006.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.78% at 95.63.