Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.55% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.35% or 150 points to trade at 6540 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.00% or 35 points to end at 1785 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 1.98% or 19.1 points to 982.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 1.77% or 17 points to trade at 939 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 1.49% or 760 points to end at 50370 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) shed 1.31% or 0.6 points to 45.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 240 to 161 and 24 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.38% or 0.22 to $57.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.62% or 0.39 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.00 to trade at $1266.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.5057, while EUR/ILS rose 0.33% to 4.1424.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 93.03.