Weekly Summary of the Investment Tools

At the end of another week, which investment tool profited? Which investment tool lost the most? Here is the weekly summary of the investment tools...

This week, the investors of stock market and US dollar profited on a weekly basis, while gold and Euro lost value. Stocks traded in Borsa Istanbul gained an average of 4.80 percent on a weekly basis, there was an increase of 1.19 percent in USD/TL Exchange rate, the price per gram of gold decreased by 1.74 percent and Euro/TL rate fell 0.31 percent. This week, the BIST 100 index in Borsa Istanbul saw the lowest 1,491.13 points and the highest 1,553.96 points. After these levels, the BIST 100 index increased 4.80 percent compared to the previous week's closing and closed the week with 1.541.98 points. This week, the selling price per gram of 24-carat gold bullion, traded in the Grand Bazaar, decreased by 1.74 percent to 411.20 liras, and the selling price of Republican gold fell to 2.729.00 liras with a 1.73 percent loss in value. The sales price of the quarter gold, which was 678.00 lira last week, decreased to 667.00 lira. The US dollar, which gained 1.19 percent value this week, rose to 7.4940 lira, while the Euro lost 0.31 percent to 8.9550 lira. Mutual funds gained 0.76 percent this week, while private pension funds gained 0.59 percent. On the basis of categories, equity funds were recorded as the highest earning among mutual funds with 2.58 percent.