Turkey’s main equity gauge ended lower on Monday as losses in technology and telecommunications shares offset gains in select industrial and financial stocks.
The BIST 100 index declined 0.09% to close at 9,871.85 in Istanbul, weighed by declines in the information technology and telecoms sectors. Advancing issues totaled 343, while 271 stocks fell and 28 were unchanged.
Among the top gainers, Pasifik Teknoloji A.S. rose 9.98% to 22.04, Burusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS added 9.05% to 753.00, and Pasifik Eurasia Lojistik Dis Ticaret AS climbed 8.75% to 220.00. The largest decliners included Odine Solutions Teknoloji Ticaret ve Sanayi AS, which fell 9.99% to 1,856.00, Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS, down 7.72% to 58.60, and Balsu Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, which shed 5.35% to 10.79.
Commodities showed mixed performance, with December gold futures rising 1.12% to $4,733.11 per troy ounce. October crude oil futures fell 2.92% to $84.52 per barrel, while the November Brent contract declined 2.54% to $90.32.
The Turkish lira weakened 0.10% against the U.S. dollar to 48.08, while the euro rose 0.05% to 56.15. The U.S. Dollar Index increased 0.13% to 98.86.
