Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Sports, Metal Products & Machinery and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which rose 17.05% or 0.600 points to trade at 4.120 at the close. Meanwhile, T.S.K.B. (IS:TSKB) added 5.07% or 0.070 points to end at 1.450 and Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) was up 3.77% or 1.36 points to 37.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which fell 9.20% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.480 at the close. Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA) declined 3.29% or 0.050 points to end at 1.470 and Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) was down 2.29% or 0.080 points to 3.420.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 199 to 110 and 89 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.07% or 14.35 to $1353.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $48.85 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.17 to trade at $50.18 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.07% to 2.9048, while EUR/TRY rose 0.11% to 3.2380.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.62.