Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 3.54% or 52 points to trade at 1522 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.96% or 440 points to end at 15290 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 2.86% or 410 points to 14740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 2.64% or 1580 points to trade at 58260 in late trade. Migdal Insurance (TA:MGDL) declined 1.71% or 8.3 points to end at 476.0 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 1.51% or 42 points to 2738.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 143 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.73% or 0.99 to $58.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.87% or 0.56 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.82% or 9.90 to trade at $1193.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.59% to 3.9401, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 4.2369.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 98.02.