Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Information Technology and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE), which rose 10.16% or 1.250 points to trade at 13.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Adel Kalemcilik (IS:ADEL) added 7.75% or 4.65 points to end at 64.65 and Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) was up 6.95% or 0.62 points to 9.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eczacibasi Yatirim (IS:ECZYT), which fell 7.42% or 0.85 points to trade at 10.60 at the close. Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE) declined 5.25% or 0.160 points to end at 2.890 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) was down 5.00% or 0.050 points to 0.950.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 234 to 165 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.35% or 15.80 to $1190.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.68% or 0.40 to hit $58.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.15 to trade at $66.31 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.16% to 2.7122, while EUR/TRY fell 0.25% to 3.0234.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.64.