Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Transport and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.88% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yapi Ve Kredi Bank. (IS:YKBNK), which rose 11.58% or 0.410 points to trade at 3.950 at the close. T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) added 6.92% or 0.74 points to end at 11.44 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was up 5.88% or 0.020 points to 0.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which lost 2.36% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.240 in late trade. Do-Co (IS:DOCO) declined 1.44% or 3.50 points to end at 238.90 and Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) shed 1.35% or 0.52 points to 37.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 44 and 50 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.77% or 9.15 to $1200.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.28% or 0.68 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.54 to trade at $55.16 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 2.20% to 3.7847, while EUR/TRY fell 2.27% to 4.0493.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 100.39.