Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.59% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN), which rose 9.39% or 0.310 points to trade at 3.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) added 8.02% or 0.53 points to end at 7.14 and Tat Gida Sanayi AS (IS:TATGD) was up 6.81% or 0.280 points to 4.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN), which fell 5.81% or 27.00 points to trade at 438.00 at the close. Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) declined 4.51% or 0.17 points to end at 3.60 and Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) was down 3.13% or 0.72 points to 22.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 217 to 127 and 63 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 4.70 to $1206.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.39% or 1.69 to hit $72.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.97% or 2.32 to trade at $80.56 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 3.35% to 6.0833, while EUR/TRY fell 3.13% to 7.1691.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.66.