Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Non-Metal Mineral Products and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 6.08% or 1.26 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) added 4.95% or 0.41 points to end at 8.70 and Adel Kalemcilik (IS:ADEL) was up 4.26% or 0.75 points to 18.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO), which lost 1.78% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.210 in late trade. Celebi (IS:CLEBI) declined 1.04% or 0.22 points to end at 20.86 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) shed 0.91% or 0.010 points to 1.090.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 239 to 89 and 78 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.35 to $1331.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.31% or 1.02 to hit $45.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 0.72 to trade at $47.55 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.26% to 2.9452, while EUR/TRY fell 0.25% to 3.2851.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.74.