Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Tourism, Non-Metal Mineral Products and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE), which rose 5.07% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) added 5.02% or 0.92 points to end at 19.26 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) was up 4.38% or 0.060 points to 1.430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alarko Holding (IS:ALARK), which fell 7.51% or 0.390 points to trade at 4.800 at the close. Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) declined 4.36% or 0.42 points to end at 9.22 and Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN) was down 4.01% or 11.20 points to 268.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 213 to 125 and 70 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.29% or 3.45 to $1204.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $51.40 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.07% to 3.7344, while EUR/TRY rose 0.04% to 3.9855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 101.11.