Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Sports, Tourism and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.38% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 19.96% or 6.60 points to trade at 39.66 at the close. Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) added 3.49% or 1.28 points to end at 37.92 and Kordsa Global (IS:KORDS) was up 3.44% or 0.23 points to 6.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metro Holding (IS:METRO), which lost 2.30% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.850 in late trade. Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) declined 1.73% or 0.13 points to end at 7.39 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) shed 1.27% or 0.100 points to 7.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 256 to 75 and 78 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.39% or 4.95 to $1262.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.38% or 0.70 to hit $50.15 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 0.68 to trade at $51.10 a barrel.
USD/TRY was unchanged 0.00% to 3.0810, while EUR/TRY rose 0.04% to 3.3546.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 98.72.