Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Electricity, Technology and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Eczacibasi Yatirim (IS:ECZYT), which rose 9.27% or 0.95 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) added 7.02% or 2.65 points to end at 40.40 and Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) was up 5.66% or 0.150 points to 2.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which fell 9.85% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.380 at the close. Anadolu Isuzu (IS:ASUZU) declined 3.92% or 0.90 points to end at 22.05 and Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) was down 2.58% or 0.06 points to 2.27.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 232 to 171 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.71% or 8.40 to $1180.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.62% or 0.37 to hit $59.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.80 to trade at $65.36 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.15% to 2.6919, while EUR/TRY fell 0.74% to 2.9985.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.21.