Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Non-Metal Mineral Products, Textile & Leather and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which rose 19.21% or 1.21 points to trade at 7.51 at the close. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) added 9.76% or 3.14 points to end at 35.30 and Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC) was up 9.54% or 0.250 points to 2.870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC), which lost 2.54% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.840 in late trade. Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR) declined 2.39% or 0.070 points to end at 2.860 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) shed 1.94% or 0.15 points to 7.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 97 and 99 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.65 to $1314.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $48.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.31 to trade at $50.50 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.76% to 3.0232, while EUR/TRY rose 0.48% to 3.3894.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.67.