Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Banking and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Otokar (IS:OTKAR), which rose 3.69% or 5.10 points to trade at 143.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 3.54% or 0.040 points to end at 1.170 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was up 3.46% or 0.26 points to 7.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 4.88% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.390 at the close. Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA) declined 2.81% or 0.050 points to end at 1.730 and Turkcell (IS:TCELL) was down 1.93% or 0.22 points to 11.18.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 259 to 98 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Otokar (IS:OTKAR) rose to all time highs; rising 3.69% or 5.10 to 143.30. Shares in Metro Holding (IS:METRO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.54% or 0.040 to 1.170.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.94% or 11.65 to $1224.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.86% or 1.00 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.03% or 1.15 to trade at $55.55 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.43% to 3.6818, while EUR/TRY fell 0.72% to 3.9066.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 100.96.