Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Textile & Leather and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Besiktas Futbol Yatirimlari Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BJKAS), which rose 7.62% or 0.33 points to trade at 4.66 at the close. Alfa Solar Enerji AS (IS:ALFAS) added 5.34% or 3.20 points to end at 63.10 and Yeo Teknoloji Enerji ve Endustri AS (IS:YEOTK) was up 3.35% or 1.75 points to 54.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peker Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:PEKGY), which lost 4.27% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.57 in late trade. Adel Kalemcilik Ticaret ve Sanayi AS (IS:ADEL) declined 3.93% or 1.48 points to end at 36.14 and Limak Dogu Anadolu Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:LMKDC) shed 3.78% or 1.18 points to 30.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 260 and 25 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.05% or 1.31 to $2,674.49 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.84% or 0.60 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.09% to 34.95, while EUR/TRY rose 0.05% to 36.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 106.66.