Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which rose 5.22% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.410 at the close. Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) added 3.54% or 0.040 points to end at 1.170 and Aselsan (IS:ASELS) was up 2.71% or 0.37 points to 14.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which lost 4.69% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.610 in late trade. Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) declined 3.27% or 0.460 points to end at 13.590 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) shed 2.97% or 0.270 points to 8.830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 245 to 110 and 52 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 10.05 to $1230.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.84% or 0.45 to hit $53.38 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.64 to trade at $56.17 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.21% to 3.6886, while EUR/TRY fell 0.60% to 3.9626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 100.04.