BIST 100 index in Borsa Istanbul started the day with a decrease of 0.74 percent at 14,145.75 points.
BIST 100 index at Borsa Istanbul, which followed a buying-oriented trend yesterday, closed the day at 14,251.29 points, gaining 1.22 percent in value.
The index dropped to 14,145.75 points at the opening today, with a decrease of 105.54 points and 0.74 percent compared to the previous closing. The banking index lost 0.43 percent and the holding index lost 0.22 percent.
Among the sector indices, the highest gain was textile leather with 1.79 percent, and the biggest decline was financial leasing factoring with 9.17 percent.
Global markets are trending negatively due to the deep selling pressure seen in the shares of chip producing companies and the escalating geopolitical tension in the Middle East.
Analysts stated that an intense data agenda will be followed today, including the housing price index, housing sales statistics, short-term external debt statistics and the expected evaluation of Turkey by the international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, and abroad, especially inflation in the Eurozone and industrial production in the USA, and noted that technically, 14,000 and 13,900 points in the BIST 100 index are support and 14,300 and 14,400 points are resistance.
