Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1), which rose 2.48% or 52 points to trade at 2151 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 2.04% or 52 points to end at 2605 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 1.69% or 50 points to 3015 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melisron (TA:MLSR), which lost 1.55% or 270 points to trade at 17130 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.41% or 17 points to end at 1190 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 0.95% or 620 points to 64310.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 218 to 161 and 43 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.61% or 0.34 to $56.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.32% or 0.21 to hit $65.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.89% or 11.50 to trade at $1287.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.14% to 3.6245, while EUR/ILS fell 0.58% to 4.1075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.597.