The highest monthly real return in September was in government domestic debt securities

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced the "real return rates of financial investment instruments" for September.

Accordingly, the highest monthly real return in September was seen in GDDS with 1.18 percent when reduced by the domestic producer price index (D-PPI) and 1.4 percent when reduced by the consumer price index (CPI).

When reduced by D-PPI, deposit interest (gross) provided a real return of 0.96 percent to its investors, while the dollar lost 0.44 percent, the euro 1.12 percent, gold bullion 2.24 percent and the BIST 100 index 6.01 percent.

When discounted with CPI, deposit interest (gross) provided a real return to investors of 1.19 percent. The dollar caused investors to lose 0.22 percent, the euro 0.89 percent, gold bullion 2.02 percent and the BIST 100 index 5.79 percent.

Deposit interest (gross) was the investment instrument that provided the highest real return in the 3-month evaluation, with 3.42 percent when reduced by D-PPI and 4.11 percent when reduced by CPI. In the same period, BIST 100 index became the investment instrument that made the investors lose the most, with 9.9 percent when reduced by D-PPI and 9.29 percent when reduced by CPI.

According to the 6-month evaluation, deposit interest (gross) stood out as the investment instrument that provides the highest real return to its investors, with 1.6 percent when reduced by D-PPI and 3.15 percent when reduced by CPI.

Gold bullion was recorded as the investment instrument that lost the most with 16.99 percent when reduced by D-PPI and 15.73 percent when reduced by CPI.

The highest annual real return is in bullion

When financial investment instruments are evaluated annually, gold bullion became the investment instrument that provided the highest real return to its investors with 7.25 percent when reduced by D-PPI and 5.3 percent when reduced by CPI.

In the annual evaluation, when discounted with D-PPI, GDDS provided a real return of 5.85 percent and deposit interest (gross) 2.17 percent, while the BIST 100 index lost 2.8 percent, the dollar 7.58 percent and the euro 9.33 percent.

When reduced by CPI, GDDS provided a real return of 3.93 percent and deposit interest (gross) 0.32 percent, while the BIST 100 index caused a loss of 4.56 percent, the dollar 9.26 percent and the euro 10.97 percent.