Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 1.01%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Sports, Tourism and Electricity sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.01%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Oyak Cimento Fabrikalari AS (IS:OYAKC), which rose 6.13% or 1.32 points to trade at 22.84 at the close. Meanwhile, MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK) added 3.37% or 12.25 points to end at 376.00 and Ronesans Gayrimenkul Yatirim AS (IS:RGYAS) was up 3.23% or 3.90 points to 124.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Besiktas Futbol Yatirimlari Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BJKAS), which fell 6.52% or 0.30 points to trade at 4.30 at the close. 1000 Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:BINHO) declined 5.18% or 17.00 points to end at 311.00 and Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS (IS:KTLEV) was down 4.91% or 2.75 points to 53.25.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 416 to 149 and 16 ended unchanged.

Shares in Oyak Cimento Fabrikalari AS (IS:OYAKC) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.13% or 1.32 to 22.84.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.67% or 17.79 to $2,627.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.81% or 0.56 to hit $68.90 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.85% or 0.62 to trade at $71.94 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.15% to 35.21, while EUR/TRY fell 0.30% to 36.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 107.99.