Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Sports, Basic Metals and Tourism sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which rose 8.74% or 0.340 points to trade at 4.230 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 5.61% or 0.120 points to end at 2.260 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) was up 5.37% or 0.110 points to 2.160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 3.70% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.260 in late trade. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) declined 3.23% or 0.030 points to end at 0.900 and Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS) shed 2.23% or 0.19 points to 8.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 237 to 99 and 71 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 1.17% or 13.75 to $1164.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.25 to hit $51.93 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.49 to trade at $54.95 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.71% to 3.5445, while EUR/TRY rose 1.17% to 3.8018.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 100.48.