Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.61% or 159 points to trade at 6250 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 2.56% or 17.2 points to end at 689.0 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was up 2.10% or 320 points to 15590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 1.38% or 22 points to trade at 1571 in late trade. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 1.37% or 410 points to end at 29430 and International (TA:FTIN) shed 1.11% or 60 points to 5338.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 193 to 139 and 121 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.23% or 1.24 to $54.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.84% or 1.72 to hit $58.60 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1166.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.7672, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 4.1716.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.34.