Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Metal Products & Machinery and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.77%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tofas Oto. Fab. (IS:TOASO), which rose 6.60% or 1.48 points to trade at 23.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca Cola Icecek (IS:CCOLA) added 6.57% or 2.26 points to end at 36.64 and Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) was up 4.69% or 0.91 points to 20.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which fell 2.69% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.810 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 1.94% or 0.020 points to end at 1.010 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) was down 1.86% or 0.180 points to 9.510.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 249 to 87 and 75 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.50% or 6.45 to $1288.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.72% or 1.32 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 1.32 to trade at $50.49 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.97% to 2.8986, while EUR/TRY fell 0.58% to 3.2822.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 93.69.