UPDATE - Turkish stocks up at Monday close

UPDATES WITH MORE DAILY FIGURES

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index rose 0.75% to close on Monday at 1,392.57 points.

After starting the week at 1,385.74 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 10.42 points from last week's close of 1,382.15 points.

During the day, the index hovered between 1,382.47, and 1,398.89 points – 55 stocks on the index rose, 39 fell and six were flat compared to Friday's close.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 1.1 trillion Turkish liras ($133.9 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 18 billion Turkish liras (nearly $2.2 billion).

The highest trading volumes were posted by private lender Garanti BBVA, iron/steel producer Kardemir, and real estate investment trust Emlak Konut.

The stocks of cement producer Akcansa performed the best, with its shares up 9.92%, while stocks of automotive manufacturer Ford Otosan dropped the most, with 2.99%.

One ounce of gold sold for $1,724.00 by market close, down from $1,729.35 at Friday's close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $64.0 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT).