DOMESTIC INVESTORS TURN TO BORSA ISTANBUL AS INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS EYE YEAR˹ END

•International investors have replaced by individual domestic investors in Borsa Istanbul

•Sparked by rate cuts and high yield opportunities, domestic interest in BIST indices has soared

•Domestic investors’ share of daily transactions exceeds 50 percent on some days

•Domestic investors interest to continue as long as low interest rates and tax exemption policies continue

• Numbers of daily traders has increased with remote working and technological advances

• State-owned banks have doubled their shares in trading volume in the first five months

•International investors are expected to come back in Q4 after seeing postpandemic results