Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 2.51% or 9.0 points to trade at 367.0 at the close. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) added 2.22% or 59 points to end at 2714 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.18% or 340 points to 15970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 1.29% or 710 points to trade at 54500 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.08% or 14 points to end at 1277 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 0.98% or 390 points to 39590.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 214 to 166 and 35 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 3.57% or 1.71 to $49.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.01% or 1.72 to hit $58.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.45 to trade at $1290.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.04% to 3.7079, while EUR/ILS rose 0.77% to 4.2505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.312.