ANKARA: Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Transport and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors led shares higher. At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.53%. The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Saf Gmyo (IS:SAFGY), which rose 13.10% or 0.110 points to trade at 0.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) added 5.74% or 0.070 points to end at 1.290 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was up 4.55% or 0.010 points to 0.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which fell 7.14% or 0.26 points to trade at 3.38 at the close. Good-Year (IS:GOODY) declined 5.60% or 7.60 points to end at 128.00 and Enka Insaat (IS:ENKAI) was down 3.39% or 0.15 points to 4.28. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 182 to 155 and 70 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.46% or 5.75 to $1247.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.53% or 0.74 to hit $47.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 0.87 to trade at $47.85 a barrel. USD/TRY was up 0.49% to 2.9909, while EUR/TRY rose 0.25% to 3.3495. The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.43.