Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 7.05% or 284 points to trade at 4310 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.02% or 250 points to end at 12650 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 1.95% or 19 points to 974 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 2.92% or 70 points to trade at 2325 in late trade. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) declined 1.95% or 390 points to end at 19590 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 1.94% or 360 points to 18240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 224 to 187 and 8 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.84% or 0.47 to $56.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.37% or 0.85 to hit $62.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.23 to trade at $1273.43 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.05% to 3.5101, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 4.0671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.90.