Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Tourism and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which rose 7.96% or 0.79 points to trade at 10.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) added 7.56% or 0.180 points to end at 2.560 and Akenerji Elektrik Uretim AS (IS:AKENR) was up 7.32% or 0.060 points to 0.880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Besiktas Futbol Yatirimlari Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BJKAS), which fell 2.62% or 0.110 points to trade at 4.090 at the close. TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) declined 2.56% or 0.54 points to end at 20.56 and Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:ERBOS) was down 1.93% or 1.55 points to 78.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 255 to 96 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1249.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $57.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 0.97 to trade at $64.37 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.35% to 3.8221, while EUR/TRY fell 0.14% to 4.5118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.73.