Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Non-Metal Mineral Products, Basic Metals and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL), which rose 7.41% or 1.12 points to trade at 16.24 at the close. Parsan (IS:PARSN) added 5.66% or 0.350 points to end at 6.530 and Soda Sanayii (IS:SODA) was up 4.96% or 0.240 points to 5.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL), which lost 2.95% or 0.53 points to trade at 17.45 in late trade. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) declined 2.45% or 0.43 points to end at 17.15 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) shed 1.61% or 0.010 points to 0.610.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 237 to 92 and 81 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 1.07% or 13.10 to $1233.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.20% or 0.72 to hit $33.50 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 0.95 to trade at $36.39 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.82% to 2.9641, while EUR/TRY fell 1.46% to 3.2216.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 98.33.