Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 0.30%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Sports and Textile & Leather sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Papilon Savunma Guvenlik Sistemleri (IS:PAPIL), which rose 9.94% or 1.30 points to trade at 14.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER) added 8.38% or 8.70 points to end at 112.50 and Peker Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:PEKGY) was up 8.02% or 0.36 points to 4.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayi AS (IS:BTCIM), which fell 4.19% or 6.40 points to trade at 146.50 at the close. Yeo Teknoloji Enerji ve Endustri AS (IS:YEOTK) declined 3.95% or 2.20 points to end at 53.50 and 1000 Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:BINHO) was down 3.48% or 10.75 points to 298.25.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 316 to 246 and 17 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.53% or 14.09 to $2,666.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.82% or 0.56 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.51 to trade at $72.35 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.11% to 34.73, while EUR/TRY fell 0.79% to 36.39.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.82% at 106.69.