Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 3.79% or 16.2 points to trade at 444.2 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.73% or 1650 points to end at 62080 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was up 2.45% or 76 points to 3183 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 1.70% or 890 points to trade at 51530 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 1.27% or 420.0 points to end at 32610.0 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) shed 1.20% or 46 points to 3801.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 223 to 170 and 27 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.40% or 1.49 to $63.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.28% or 1.53 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1335.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.37% to 3.5187, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.3323.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.63.