Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Sports, Basic Metals and Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which rose 8.74% or 0.340 points to trade at 4.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 5.61% or 0.120 points to end at 2.260 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) was up 5.37% or 0.110 points to 2.160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 3.70% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.260 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) declined 3.23% or 0.030 points to end at 0.900 and Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS) was down 2.23% or 0.19 points to 8.32.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 237 to 99 and 71 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.15% or 13.55 to $1164.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.24 to hit $51.92 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.49 to trade at $54.95 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.70% to 3.5444, while EUR/TRY rose 1.17% to 3.8019.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 100.49.