Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Tourism and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Karsan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARSN), which rose 8.70% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) added 6.38% or 0.030 points to end at 0.500 and Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO) was up 5.65% or 0.140 points to 2.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO), which fell 8.87% or 0.430 points to trade at 4.420 at the close. Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) declined 3.05% or 0.45 points to end at 14.31 and Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (IS:EREGL) was down 2.68% or 0.250 points to 9.090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 224 to 116 and 62 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.55% or 7.14 to $1294.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.83% or 1.08 to hit $57.87 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $63.56 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.66% to 3.8904, while EUR/TRY fell 1.73% to 4.6391.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.68.