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.

Source: Investing.com