Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Communication and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 6.06% or 550 points to trade at 9630 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 3.18% or 16.6 points to end at 539.1 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) was up 2.16% or 440 points to 20800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 3.38% or 2340 points to trade at 66800 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.44% or 32 points to end at 1277 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) shed 1.76% or 110 points to 6153.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 239 to 156 and 14 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.40% or 0.68 to $47.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.80% or 0.95 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.04 to trade at $1297.64 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.6166, while EUR/ILS rose 0.42% to 4.2737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 92.99.