Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS), which rose 11.48% or 1.40 points to trade at 13.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) added 11.21% or 2.50 points to end at 24.80 and AK Enerji (IS:AKENR) was up 9.57% or 0.090 points to 1.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE), which fell 4.74% or 0.600 points to trade at 12.050 at the close. Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) declined 3.94% or 1.15 points to end at 28.05 and Anadolu Efes (IS:AEFES) was down 3.89% or 0.95 points to 23.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 315 to 89 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 2.04% or 23.10 to $1108.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.00% or 0.51 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.43 to trade at $56.66 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.75% to 2.6990, while EUR/TRY rose 2.00% to 2.9308.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.99.