Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.23% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 2.25% or 360 points to trade at 16350 at the close. Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) added 1.48% or 29 points to end at 1992 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 1.46% or 18.0 points to 1250.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 3.45% or 10.9 points to trade at 305.2 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.67% or 23 points to end at 1352 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 0.62% or 15 points to 2420.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 187 to 170 and 51 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.50% or 1.88 to $51.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.66% or 1.64 to hit $59.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.55 to trade at $1301.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.48% to 3.6781, while EUR/ILS rose 0.75% to 4.2063.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.382.