09.11.2026 11:42
According to TÜİK data, in October, deposit interest provided the highest monthly real return, while gold, the dollar, the euro, and the BIST 100 index caused losses for investors. On an annual basis, the top spot belonged to Government Domestic Debt Securities.
According to TÜİK data, in October, deposit interest provided the highest monthly real return, while gold, the dollar, the euro and the BIST 100 index caused losses for investors. On an annual basis, however, Government Domestic Debt Securities (GDDS) came out on top.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced the "real return rates of financial investment instruments" data for October. According to the announced data, in October the highest monthly real return was realized in deposit interest (gross), at 1.31 percent when deflated by the Domestic Producer Price Index (D-PPI) and at 0.39 percent when deflated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS THAT CAUSED LOSSES IN OCTOBER
When deflated by the D-PPI, Government Domestic Debt Securities (GDDS) provided investors with a real return of 0.91 percent, while the dollar caused a loss of 0.04 percent, the euro 2.65 percent, gold bullion 4.70 percent and the BIST 100 index 14.53 percent.
When deflated by the CPI, however, GDDS caused its investors a loss of 0.01 percent, the dollar 0.95 percent, the euro 3.53 percent, gold bullion 5.57 percent and the BIST 100 index 15.31 percent.
3- AND 6-MONTH EVALUATION
In the 3-month evaluation, deposit interest (gross) was the instrument that provided the highest real return to investors, at 2.90 percent when deflated by the D-PPI and 2.92 percent when deflated by the CPI. In the same period, the BIST 100 index was recorded as the investment instrument that declined the most, causing losses of 21.13 percent when deflated by the D-PPI and 21.11 percent when deflated by the CPI.
Looking at the 6-month period, GDDS offered the highest real return, at 3.95 percent when deflated by the D-PPI and 5.59 percent when deflated by the CPI. The BIST 100 index, meanwhile, was the instrument that declined the most, with a loss of 25.17 percent when deflated by the D-PPI and 23.98 percent when deflated by the CPI.
GDDS WAS THE CHAMPION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
When financial investment instruments were evaluated annually, GDDS provided the highest real return to its investors, at 5.96 percent when deflated by the D-PPI and 4.04 percent when deflated by the CPI.
In the annual evaluation, when deflated by the D-PPI, gross deposit interest provided a real return of 2.15 percent, while the dollar caused a loss of 7.24 percent, gold bullion 10.06 percent, the euro 10.63 percent and the BIST 100 index 13.52 percent for investors.
When deflated by the CPI, however, deposit interest (gross) offered a real return of 0.29 percent, while the dollar caused a loss of 8.92 percent, gold bullion 11.70 percent, the euro 12.26 percent and the BIST 100 index 15.09 percent.