Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 3.05% or 2210 points to trade at 74710 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 2.64% or 350 points to end at 13630 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.46% or 1.6 points to 66.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 2.18% or 430 points to trade at 19290 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 0.91% or 230 points to end at 24930 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 0.37% or 5 points to 1363.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 218 to 119 and 117 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.62% or 1.20 to $31.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 4.21% or 1.43 to hit $32.50 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.50 to trade at $1099.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.37% to 3.9402, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.2772.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 98.90.