Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Basic Metals and Metal Products & Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS), which rose 8.05% or 1.540 points to trade at 20.680 at the close. Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) added 5.21% or 12.30 points to end at 248.40 and Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:ERBOS) was up 3.73% or 2.45 points to 68.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca-Cola Icecek AS (IS:CCOLA), which lost 2.28% or 0.94 points to trade at 40.26 in late trade. Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) declined 1.97% or 0.42 points to end at 20.94 and Selcuk Ecza Deposu Ticaret ve Sanayi AS (IS:SELEC) shed 1.47% or 0.060 points to 4.020.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 261 to 79 and 66 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.21% or 2.57 to $1212.27 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.81% or 0.36 to hit $44.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.38 to trade at $47.09 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.16% to 3.6111, while EUR/TRY fell 0.21% to 4.1164.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.83.