Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 2.80% or 400 points to trade at 14700 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 2.53% or 18.4 points to end at 746.5 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was up 2.18% or 14.5 points to 678.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.64% or 3800 points to trade at 140000 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 1.70% or 87 points to end at 5030 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 1.04% or 1100 points to 104600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 190 to 147 and 119 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.84% or 0.90 to $47.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.69% or 0.95 to hit $55.45 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.31% or 15.70 to trade at $1185.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.9563, while EUR/ILS fell 0.78% to 4.2861.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 98.20.