Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Banking and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 1.89% or 400 points to trade at 21560 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.69% or 103 points to end at 6183 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.31% or 150 points to 11590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 2.21% or 31 points to trade at 1369 in late trade. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 1.85% or 70 points to end at 3710 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.83% or 47 points to 2528.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 219 to 194 and 89 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.76% or 1.32 to $49.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.48% or 1.26 to hit $52.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.23 to trade at $1233.93 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.6016, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 3.9541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 98.78.