Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.01% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.07% or 1100 points to trade at 54200 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 2.02% or 66 points to end at 3330 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was up 1.28% or 100 points to 7900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 2.96% or 470 points to trade at 15390 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.74% or 30 points to end at 1690 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 1.18% or 240 points to 20080.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 230 to 116 and 107 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 4.42% or 1.70 to $36.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 3.05% or 1.23 to hit $39.16 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.18% or 14.90 to trade at $1244.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.28% to 3.8893, while EUR/ILS fell 0.09% to 4.3194.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 96.56.