Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Textile & Leather, Information Technology and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi AS (IS:TSKB), which rose 5.19% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.810 at the close. Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:CEMTS) added 4.83% or 0.280 points to end at 6.080 and Anadolu Cam Sanayi AS (IS:ANACM) was up 4.28% or 0.110 points to 2.680 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yazicilar Holding AS (IS:AGHOL), which lost 2.75% or 0.29 points to trade at 10.24 in late trade. Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF) declined 1.33% or 0.04 points to end at 2.96 and Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:EKGYO) shed 1.32% or 0.020 points to 1.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 250 to 92 and 63 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1283.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.84% or 0.38 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.30 to trade at $52.91 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.59% to 5.3034, while EUR/TRY rose 0.54% to 6.0712.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 95.803.