Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Telecoms and Leasing & Factoring sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Sekerbank TAS (IS:SKBNK), which rose 19.59% or 0.190 points to trade at 1.160 at the close. ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) added 14.42% or 1.090 points to end at 8.650 and Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) was up 5.38% or 0.360 points to 7.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turcas Petrol AS (IS:TRCAS), which lost 4.35% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.540 in late trade. Arcelik AS (IS:ARCLK) declined 3.21% or 0.51 points to end at 15.39 and Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO) shed 2.49% or 0.050 points to 1.960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 231 to 128 and 49 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1223.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.27% or 0.15 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.70 to trade at $66.06 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.10% to 5.3268, while EUR/TRY rose 0.21% to 6.1052.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 96.04.