The stock market gained the most in August

According to the "real return rates of financial investment instruments" announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the BIST 100 index gained the most in August with 4.6 percent.

The highest monthly real return in August was in the BIST 100 index with 4.15 percent when reduced by the domestic producer price index (D-PPI) and 4.6 percent when reduced by the CPI.

When discounted with PPI, the following investment instruments made profits:

• Deposit interest: 0.77 percent
• Government domestic debt securities (GDS): 0.71 percent

Gold bullion lost 0.33 percent, the dollar lost 0.95 percent and the euro lost 1.39 percent.

When adjusted for the CPI, gold bullion yielded 0.10 percent, government bonds 1.15 percent, and deposit interest (gross) 1.21 percent. The dollar lost 0.52 percent and the euro 0.96 percent.

BIST 100 index is the investment instrument that provides the highest real return to its investors, with 10.82 percent when discounted with PPI and 12.12 percent when discounted with CPI in the three-month evaluation.

During the same period, the dollar was recorded as the investment instrument that caused the highest losses for its investors, with a 1.47 percent loss when reduced by the domestic producer price index (D-PPI) and a 0.31 percent loss when reduced by the consumer price index (CPI).