Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Textile & Leather and Real Estate Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.90% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 11.26% or 2.19 points to trade at 21.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinpas Gmyo (IS:SNGYO) added 7.94% or 0.050 points to end at 0.680 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) was up 7.81% or 0.050 points to 0.690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 4.35% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.220 at the close. Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) declined 2.37% or 0.040 points to end at 1.650 and AK Enerji (IS:AKENR) was down 1.65% or 0.020 points to 1.190.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 227 to 115 and 70 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1234.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.17% or 0.49 to hit $41.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.15 to trade at $42.95 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.43% to 2.8423, while EUR/TRY fell 0.11% to 3.2184.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.44.