Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 3.54% or 2,620.00 points to trade at 76,720.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 2.58% or 1,020.00 points to end at 40,530.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was up 1.88% or 290.00 points to 15,690.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which lost 2.86% or 49.00 points to trade at 1,666.00 in late trade. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 1.85% or 810.00 points to end at 43,090.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) shed 1.79% or 30.00 points to 1,644.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 243 to 194 and 102 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.43% or 0.34 to $78.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.36% or 0.30 to hit $82.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 10.35 to trade at $2,388.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.63, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.07% to 3.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.07.