Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.50% or 97 points to trade at 3980 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 2.30% or 19.0 points to end at 845.0 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.77% or 1130 points to 65000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which lost 2.97% or 105 points to trade at 3425 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 2.51% or 490 points to end at 19040 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) shed 2.20% or 124 points to 5516.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 151 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.08% or 0.03 to $36.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.47% or 0.18 to hit $38.49 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1219.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.7818, while EUR/ILS rose 0.02% to 4.3040.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 94.59.