How Did Borsa Istanbul Move Today? Which Stocks Stood Out?
The BIST 100 index displayed a selling-weighted flat outlook.
The BIST 100 opened the day with sales coming in at around 9,720 points. Throughout the day, the index maintained its downward momentum, reaching a low of 9,576 points before slightly recovering to around 9,600 points in the last hour. By the close, the BIST 100 experienced a decrease of 0.4%. In contrast, the index other than BIST 100 saw a positive divergence, rising by approximately 0.3%.
Today, only a few sector indices remained in positive territory on Borsa Istanbul, primarily including insurance, SMEs, and information technology. The sectors that experienced the most significant declines were sports, construction, and factoring. Banks achieved a marginal increase of 0.1% in the last hour, while holding companies were down around 0.3%.
The top five gaining stocks in the BIST 100 today were:
- AGROT
- SKBNK
- GUBRF
- ANSGR
- KTLEV
Conversely, the five stocks that fell the most in the BIST 100 were:
- FENER
- LMKDC
- VAKBN
- BERA
- ENKAI
On Borsa Istanbul overall, CEOEM, GRTHO, and POLTK were among the top gainers. Alongside FENER, AVGYO and MEGAP shares were the ones with the most significant losses today.
In the domestic foreign exchange market, the dollar/TL is trading at 34.65, reflecting a 0.2% increase towards the evening hours. The euro/TL saw an increase of around 0.35%, with the exchange rate at 36.43. Furthermore, the price of gold in grams exhibits a slight increase of 0.1%, currently at 2,922 TL.
In foreign stock markets, European indices are preparing for negative closing, while U.S. indices began the day with a mixed outlook. In the first hour, the Dow Jones dropped nearly half a point, while the S&P 500 rose by 0.3% and the Nasdaq increased by 0.5%.