Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Sports, Holdings & Investments and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.84% 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 16.83% or 0.85 points to trade at 5.90 at the close. Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE) added 8.02% or 0.190 points to end at 2.560 and Vestel (IS:VESTL) was up 6.82% or 0.410 points to 6.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Good-Year (IS:GOODY), which lost 6.13% or 8.70 points to trade at 133.30 in late trade. Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) declined 3.05% or 1.28 points to end at 40.72 and Do-Co (IS:DOCO) shed 1.34% or 4.60 points to 338.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 260 to 85 and 64 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.25% or 3.10 to $1220.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.54% or 0.20 to hit $36.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.37 to trade at $38.30 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.35% to 2.8116, while EUR/TRY fell 0.45% to 3.2019.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.55.