Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Sports, Basic Metals and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.80% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which rose 16.49% or 0.92 points to trade at 6.50 at the close. Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) added 15.38% or 0.180 points to end at 1.350 and AK Enerji (IS:AKENR) was up 7.00% or 0.070 points to 1.070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER), which lost 4.80% or 2.10 points to trade at 41.62 in late trade. Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) declined 2.01% or 0.09 points to end at 4.38 and Saf Gmyo (IS:SAFGY) shed 1.28% or 0.010 points to 0.770.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 98 and 63 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.23% or 15.30 to $1259.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.56% or 0.62 to hit $40.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 0.79 to trade at $42.73 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.62% to 2.8314, while EUR/TRY fell 0.54% to 3.2311.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 93.99.