Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Electricity, Basic Metals and Tourism sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.68% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 10.50% or 0.230 points to trade at 2.420 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 10.26% or 0.240 points to end at 2.580 and Vestel (IS:VESTL) was up 5.57% or 0.320 points to 6.070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL), which lost 2.92% or 0.200 points to trade at 6.650 in late trade. Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) declined 2.55% or 0.19 points to end at 7.27 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) shed 2.00% or 0.020 points to 0.980.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 171 to 163 and 74 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1161.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.50% or 1.80 to hit $53.30 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.44% or 1.87 to trade at $56.20 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.19% to 3.4838, while EUR/TRY rose 0.57% to 3.6944.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 101.25.