Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.65% or 700 points to trade at 19880 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 3.59% or 41 points to end at 1182 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 3.05% or 6.5 points to 219.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 1.84% or 31 points to trade at 1650 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.75% or 14.1 points to end at 790.0 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) shed 1.50% or 65 points to 4268.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 182 to 159 and 107 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.75% or 0.78 to $43.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.51% or 1.14 to hit $44.23 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.94% or 25.05 to trade at $1268.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.7793, while EUR/ILS fell 0.69% to 4.3071.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 94.08.