Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Wood, Paper & Printing, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret AS (IS:DOAS), which rose 7.26% or 0.30 points to trade at 4.43 at the close. Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO) added 6.15% or 0.120 points to end at 2.070 and ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) was up 3.57% or 0.180 points to 5.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Goltas Goller Bolgesi Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GOLTS), which lost 4.30% or 0.59 points to trade at 13.14 in late trade. Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) declined 3.94% or 0.290 points to end at 7.070 and Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO) shed 3.70% or 1.95 points to 50.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 160 and 47 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.84% or 10.60 to $1268.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.41% or 1.10 to hit $44.49 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.81% or 0.98 to trade at $53.12 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.49% to 5.2889, while EUR/TRY fell 0.16% to 6.0453.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.012.