Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.48% or 270 points to trade at 11150 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 2.28% or 470.0 points to end at 21100.0 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.69% or 101 points to 6091 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which lost 2.37% or 92 points to trade at 3794 in late trade. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) declined 2.35% or 107 points to end at 4452 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 1.95% or 38 points to 1908.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 190 and 14 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.28% or 0.65 to $51.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.86% or 1.05 to hit $57.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.40 to trade at $1302.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.5112, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 4.1672.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 92.36.