UPDATE - Turkish stocks up over 1 pct at close

UPDATES WITH MORE DAILY FIGURES

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended Monday up 1.03 percent to close at 93,962.35 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index climbed 959.08 points from last week's close, as it started the first trading day of the week at 93,521.69 points.

On Monday, the BIST 100's daily low and peak were 93,455.30 points and 94,435.84 points, respectively.

Compared with the close on Friday, 72 stocks on the benchmark index rose, 20 fell and eight were flat.

By market capitalization, Turkish conglomerate Koc Holding ($6.97 billion), private lender Garanti Bankasi ($6.43 billion), and energy company Tupras ($5.79 billion) were the top listed companies.

As of daily close, the BIST 100's total market value was around 609 billion Turkish liras ($115 billion), and its daily trade volume was 7.3 billion Turkish liras ($1.39 billion).

Private lender Garanti Bankasi, national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, and leading petrochemicals producer Petkim posted the highest trade volumes on Monday.

Shares of furniture manufacturer Dogtas Kelebek Mobilya (DGKLB) recorded the best performance -- up 12.61 percent -- as stocks of casting producer Cemas Dokum (CEMAS) dropped 4.52 percent, worst of the day.

Among all sectors, the BIST wood paper printing index saw the highest increase with a 3-percent hike, as the BIST mining index fell the most, going down 1.31 percent.

By market close, the U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 5.2390, down from Friday's close of 5.2800.

The EUR/TRY rate was 5.9550, while one euro traded for 5.9960 Turkish liras at the previous close.

The British pound/Turkish lira exchange rate was 6.7430, while it was 6.7850 at close on Friday.

At daily close, the price of one ounce of gold was $1,226.30 in Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, versus $1,223.65 at the previous close.

Hovering between $59.17 and $61.03 during the day, the price of Brent oil was around $60.84 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) Monday.