MARKET WATCH (SEKER YATIRIM)

MARKET WATCH (SEKER YATIRIM)

THE BIST-100 INDEX STARTED FRIDAY FLAT-TO-POSITIVE AT 14,340.70, FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 14,212.29 AND 14,409.07 THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ULTIMATELY, THE INDEX CLOSED AT 14,409.07, UP 0.51%, MARKING ITS PEAK INTRADAY LEVEL. THE INDUSTRIAL INDEX SHOWED A POSITIVE DIVERGENCE, UP 1.23%, WHILE THE BANKING INDEX SHOWED A NEGATIVE ONE, DOWN 1.31%. THE FINANCIAL LEASING AND FACTORING INDEX WAS THE STRONGEST PERFORMER OF THE DAY WITH A 3.96% INCREASE, WHILE THE BROKERAGE FIRMS INDEX WAS THE WEAKEST, LOSING 6.51%. ON A WEEKLY BASIS, THE BIST-100 INDEX RECORDED A 1.23% DECREASE, WHILE THE INDUSTRIAL INDEX SHOWED A POSITIVE DIVERGENCE WITH A 0.71% INCREASE, AND THE BANKING INDEX SHOWED A NEGATIVE DIVERGENCE WITH A 5.23% DECREASE. THE VIOP APRIL FUTURES CONTRACT FOR THE NEAR-TERM INDEX ROSE BY 0.20% IN FRIDAY`S EVENING SESSION. ACCORDING TO CBRT DATA, IN THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, FOREIGN INVESTORS MADE NET PURCHASES OF USD579.4 MILLION IN EQUITIES, AND NET PURCHASES OF USD243.0 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT BONDS. IN THE SAME WEEK, GROSS RESERVES ROSE BY USD3.6 BILLION TO USD174.5 BILLION, WHILE NET RESERVES EXCLUDING SWAPS INCREASED BY USD9.3 BILLION TO USD39.7 BILLION. THUS, THE RECOVERY IN NET RESERVES EXCLUDING SWAPS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS REACHED USD21.4 BILLION. ON FRIDAY, A CAUTIOUS STANCE CONTINUED IN GLOBAL MARKETS AMID GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, WITH A MIXED PICTURE EMERGING IN EQUITY MARKETS. IN EUROPE, THE GERMAN DAX INDEX FELL BY 0.11%, WHILE THE EURO STOXX 50 INDEX LOST 0.19%. IN THE U.S., THE DOW JONES INDEX DIVERGED NEGATIVELY, DOWN 0.16%, WHILE THE S&P 500 INDEX ROSE BY 0.80% AND THE NASDAQ INDEX BY 1.63%. WE BEGIN THE NEW WEEK WITH NEWS THAT IRAN HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO THE U.S. THAT INCLUDES REOPENING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND ENDING HOSTILITIES, WHILE SUGGESTING THAT NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS BE POSTPONED TO A LATER STAGE. AS A RESULT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, ASIAN STOCK MARKETS ARE SHOWING A POSITIVE TREND THIS MORNING. IN THE FUTURES MARKETS, EUROPEAN INDEX FUTURES ARE SHOWING LIMITED POSITIVE GAINS, WHILE THE U.S. INDEX FUTURES ARE TRADING NEAR FLAT. THERE IS NO MAJOR DATA RELEASE ON THE MACROECONOMIC AGENDA FOR THE DAY TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT MARKET TRENDS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON THE FED`S INTEREST RATE DECISION, TO BE ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN THIS CONTEXT, WE EXPECT THE BENCHMARK INDEX TO START THE WEEK POSITIVELY, FOLLOWED BY VOLATILE INTRADAY TRADING. SUPPORT: 14,300 - 14,200 RESISTANCE: 14,500 - 14,600.

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