Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Food & Beverages and Real Estate Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 6.70% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.390 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 5.58% or 0.130 points to end at 2.460 and Pegasus (IS:PGSUS) was up 5.18% or 0.630 points to 12.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO), which lost 4.54% or 2.350 points to trade at 49.400 in late trade. Tumosan Motor Ve Traktor (IS:TMSN) declined 3.38% or 0.280 points to end at 8.000 and Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) shed 2.96% or 0.62 points to 20.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 175 to 160 and 72 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1256.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.29% or 0.65 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 0.62 to trade at $51.33 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.46% to 3.1028, while EUR/TRY rose 0.67% to 3.4131.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 97.89.