BIST 100 Index Provided the Highest Return in July

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced the 'real return rates of financial investment instruments' for the month of July. According to the data, in July, the highest monthly real return was observed in the BIST 100 index with rates of 2.19% when adjusted with the domestic producer price index (Yİ-ÜFE) and 0.91% when adjusted with the consumer price index (TÜFE). When adjusted with Yİ-ÜFE, gold bars provided investors with a 1.81% real return, government domestic debt securities (DİBS) with 1.55%, and deposit interest rates (gross) with 1.37%, while the euro resulted in a loss of 0.2% and the dollar with 0.86% for investors. When adjusted with TÜFE, gold bars yielded a 0.54% real return, DİBS with 0.28%, and deposit interest rates (gross) with 0.11%, while the euro resulted in a 1.44% loss and the dollar with 2.1% loss for investors. Overall, the BIST 100 index provided the highest real return to investors with 7.7% when adjusted with Yİ-ÜFE and 4.64% when adjusted with TÜFE over a 3-month period. Gold bars stood out as the investment instrument with the highest loss, with 3.46% when adjusted with Yİ-ÜFE and 6.21% when adjusted with TÜFE over the same period.