Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.44% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 2.45% or 25 points to trade at 1045 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 1.82% or 7.8 points to end at 436.3 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.62% or 870 points to 54500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which lost 1.79% or 2.8 points to trade at 153.8 in late trade. Harel (TA:HARL) declined 1.40% or 40 points to end at 2810 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.32% or 20 points to 1493.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 200 to 192 and 23 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $65.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.68% or 0.52 to hit $75.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1305.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.5734, while EUR/ILS rose 0.45% to 4.2176.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.46.