Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.65% or 52 points to trade at 1475 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.60% or 75 points to end at 2160 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 2.94% or 3200 points to 112000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazor Robotics (TA:MZOR), which lost 2.65% or 237 points to trade at 8713 in late trade. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) declined 2.30% or 226 points to end at 9611 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) shed 1.95% or 25.0 points to 1255.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 228 to 171 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.31% or 0.24 to hit $78.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.20 to trade at $1208.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.5820, while EUR/ILS rose 0.63% to 4.1870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.07.