Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Metal Products & Machinery and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.47% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC), which rose 4.97% or 0.82 points to trade at 17.32 at the close. Ford Otosan (IS:FROTO) added 4.30% or 1.58 points to end at 38.30 and KOC Holding (IS:KCHOL) was up 3.95% or 0.60 points to 15.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME), which lost 2.27% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.150 in late trade. Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret D (IS:KRDMD) declined 1.68% or 0.020 points to end at 1.170 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) shed 1.32% or 0.38 points to 28.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 233 to 100 and 71 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.17% or 2.05 to $1228.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $53.22 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.93 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.12% to 3.7092, while EUR/TRY fell 0.10% to 3.9318.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.54.