Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metal Products & Machinery, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.59% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO), which rose 11.74% or 0.25 points to trade at 2.38 at the close. Menderes Tekstil (IS:MNDRS) added 7.41% or 0.040 points to end at 0.580 and Brisa (IS:BRISA) was up 5.38% or 0.44 points to 8.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AK Enerji (IS:AKENR), which lost 4.63% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.030 in late trade. Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) declined 1.97% or 0.13 points to end at 6.46 and Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) shed 1.69% or 0.010 points to 0.580.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 282 to 115 and 12 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.97% or 11.50 to $1171.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.39% or 1.14 to hit $46.58 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.80% or 1.42 to trade at $49.05 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.32% to 2.9035, while EUR/TRY rose 0.12% to 3.2884.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.98.