Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Monday close
BIST 100 loses over 11.70 points from previous close
ISTANBUL
Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the first day of the week at 1,530.27 points, down 0.76% day-on-day.
Starting Monday at 1,549.62 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 11.71 points over Friday's close at 1,541.98 points.
During the day, the index hovered between 1,526.58 and 1,553.81 points – 30 stocks on the index rose, 67 fell, and three were flat compared to Friday's close.
The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 1.16 trillion Turkish liras ($150.1 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 28.1 billion Turkish liras ($3.65 billion).
The highest trading volumes were posted by private lender Garanti BBVA, petrochemical firm Petkim, and gold miner Koza Altin.
Stocks of conglomerate Alarko Holding climbed the most with a 9.94% rise, while telecommunication systems integration provider Netas dropped the most, losing 4.30%.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,693.00 by market close, down from $1,697.95 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $68.40 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Monday.
Exchange Rates | Friday | Monday |
USD/TRY | 7.4940 | 7.6660 |
EUR/TRY | 8.9550 | 9.1010 |
GBP/TRY | 10.4200 | 10.6070 |