Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.14% or 560 points to trade at 26730 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.60% or 101 points to end at 6413 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.54% or 1700 points to 112300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which lost 3.88% or 333 points to trade at 8260 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 3.35% or 46 points to end at 1329 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 1.41% or 900 points to 63130.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 207 to 161 and 49 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.98% or 0.62 to $63.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.26% or 0.92 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1233.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.6889, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 4.2070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.20.