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 25 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.36% or 30.4 points to trade at 728.0 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 3.15% or 960 points to end at 31410 and International (TA:FTIN) was up 2.83% or 154 points to 5602 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which lost 2.21% or 350 points to trade at 15470 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.14% or 33 points to end at 1507 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 2.03% or 130 points to 6263.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 222 to 126 and 103 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.57% or 0.29 to $50.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 2.39% or 27.00 to trade at $1104.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.35% to 3.8332, while EUR/ILS rose 0.71% to 4.1641.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 97.93.