Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 3.39% or 53 points to trade at 1616 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 3.03% or 78 points to end at 2652 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 2.78% or 540 points to 19970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.91% or 31 points to trade at 1036 in late trade. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.47% or 6.5 points to end at 437.0 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) shed 1.29% or 83 points to 6332.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 238 to 149 and 31 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.23% or 0.83 to $66.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.10% or 0.80 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1352.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.5245, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.3588.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.23.