Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.70% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 4.99% or 53 points to trade at 1115 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 3.98% or 2680 points to end at 69950 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.75% or 42 points to 1570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.79% or 180 points to trade at 6261 in late trade. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) declined 0.82% or 54 points to end at 6550 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) shed 0.56% or 26 points to 4599.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 278 to 121 and 21 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.25% or 0.63 to $49.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.28% or 0.71 to hit $54.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 12.20 to trade at $1313.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.5237, while EUR/ILS rose 0.12% to 4.2136.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 91.72.