Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Sports and Metal Products & Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Goltas Goller Bolgesi Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GOLTS), which rose 20.00% or 6.08 points to trade at 36.48 at the close. CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) added 19.74% or 0.60 points to end at 3.64 and Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) was up 16.76% or 0.300 points to 2.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER), which lost 6.17% or 1.01 points to trade at 15.37 in late trade. Besiktas Futbol Yatirimlari Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BJKAS) declined 5.33% or 0.090 points to end at 1.600 and Anel Elektrik Proje Taahhut ve Ticaret AS (IS:ANELE) shed 5.29% or 0.100 points to 1.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 251 to 115 and 41 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.60 to $1204.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.96% or 0.58 to hit $60.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.70 to trade at $70.88 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.16% to 5.4667, while EUR/TRY fell 0.53% to 6.1555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 97.26.