Global markets suddenly became excited when US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran had started and that he had postponed the attacks on Iran’s energy facilities for 5 days! Global stock markets went positive, and natural gas prices in Europe fell by 9 percent.
The price of oil fell by 14 percent to $98. Crude oil fell by 9 percent to $89.
The decline in Borsa Istanbul exceeded 3 percent. After the announcement, banking stocks increased by 6-7 percent! With the increase in purchases at Borsa Istanbul, BIST 100 Index is trading with a decrease of 0.51 percent.
BIST30 contracts are also traded with a 1 percent increase on VIOP.
While the German stock exchange DAX started the day with a 2 percent decrease, it increased by 3 percent after the announcement.
Europe’s STOXX EUROPE 600 Index rose 2 percent after a 2.5 percent decline. Increases exceeding 5 percent are also seen in European banks.
US Stock Exchange contracts are also trading with an increase of nearly 3 percent.
On the other hand, gold prices started the day with declines exceeding 9 percent, and gram gold fell below 6 thousand TL for the first time since January. However, after the announcement, gold prices, which had their share of the enthusiasm, recovered. While gram gold rose to 6,333 TL, ONS gold jumped to 4,396 dollars.
The dollar started to lose value against global currencies. Dollar Index went negative. Dollar/TL continues its horizontal course.
