Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which rose 6.94% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.770 at the close. Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) added 6.39% or 0.69 points to end at 11.49 and Turk Hava Yollari (IS:THYAO) was up 6.02% or 0.310 points to 5.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestel (IS:VESTL), which lost 3.51% or 0.270 points to trade at 7.430 in late trade. Otokar (IS:OTKAR) declined 0.59% or 0.60 points to end at 100.90 and Arcelik (IS:ARCLK) shed 0.56% or 0.12 points to 21.16.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 319 to 42 and 44 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.75 to $1341.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.92% or 1.22 to hit $43.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.48% or 1.10 to trade at $45.37 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.47% to 2.9863, while EUR/TRY fell 0.51% to 3.3093.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 96.36.