Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 1.12%

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

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.12%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA), which rose 7.36% or 4.65 points to trade at 67.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Tumosan Motor ve Traktor Sanayi AS (IS:TMSN) added 7.21% or 8.80 points to end at 130.90 and Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF) was up 3.34% or 6.10 points to 188.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:BRSAN), which fell 4.61% or 26.50 points to trade at 548.50 at the close. Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) declined 3.72% or 1.86 points to end at 48.10 and ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi AS (IS:ENKAI) was down 3.61% or 1.80 points to 48.10.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 301 to 259 and 18 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.08% or 2.10 to $2,608.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.48% or 1.00 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.93 to trade at $72.54 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.38% to 34.00, while EUR/TRY rose 0.51% to 37.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 100.45.