February 04, 2019•Update: February 04, 2019
By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA
Turkey's benchmark stock index fell 0.66 percent to close at 102,255.01 points on Monday.
After opening the week at 103,078.49 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 682.13 points from the previous close.
During Monday's trading, the BIST 100's daily low was 101,988.67 points, versus its peak of 103,554.46 points, and 39 stocks on the index rose, 54 fell, and seven were flat compared to the previous close.
With a market value of nearly 666 billion Turkish liras ($128.2 billion), the benchmark index posted a 5.8 billion Turkish lira ($1.1 billion) daily trade volume.
Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, private lender Garanti Bankasi, and telecommunication giant Turk Telekom saw the highest trade volumes on Monday.
Stocks of private lender ICBC Turkey Bank (ICBCT) were the top gainers with a 7.94 percent rise, while shares of stocks of Tofas (TOASO), which operates in the automotive sector, saw the largest decline, down 7.88 percent.
The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 5.2190 as of the daily close, versus 5.2130 at Friday's close.
One euro traded for 5.9780 liras, down from 5.9860 at the previous close.
The British pound/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 6.8290 by market close, compared with last week's close of 6.8120.
One ounce of gold was sold for $1,312.00 at the daily close in Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, down from $1,322.00 at the previous close.
With a day range of $61.33 to $63.63, the price of Brent oil was around $61.50 per barrel as of 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT) on Monday.
