Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 3.13% or 28.00 points to trade at 921.80 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) added 2.76% or 410.00 points to end at 15,290.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 2.26% or 47.00 points to 2,130.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which lost 1.93% or 111.00 points to trade at 5,639.00 in late trade. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.72% or 60.00 points to end at 3,420.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) shed 1.38% or 38.00 points to 2,725.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 295 to 148 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.31% or 0.23 to $73.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $77.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 6.70 to trade at $2,534.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.82% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 1.11% to 4.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.60.