Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 3.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 13.98% or 3.68 points to trade at 30.00 at the close. Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) added 8.32% or 0.77 points to end at 10.03 and Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA) was up 5.81% or 0.090 points to 1.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which lost 7.99% or 0.78 points to trade at 8.98 in late trade. Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) declined 5.60% or 0.47 points to end at 7.92 and Sise Cam (IS:SISE) shed 5.60% or 0.190 points to 3.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 346 to 33 and 25 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.70 to $1343.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.06% or 1.36 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.71% or 1.26 to trade at $47.74 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.43% to 2.9805, while EUR/TRY rose 0.74% to 3.3583.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.11.