Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.28% or 2020 points to trade at 63660 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.02% or 122 points to end at 4161 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.91% or 46 points to 1625 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 1.02% or 640 points to trade at 62030 in late trade. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 0.96% or 0.6 points to end at 61.7 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 0.93% or 450 points to 48080.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 130 and 113 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.86% or 0.34 to $40.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.26% or 0.53 to hit $42.47 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.29% or 16.00 to trade at $1259.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.29% to 3.7648, while EUR/ILS rose 0.12% to 4.3079.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 93.77.