Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 3.74% or 95 points to trade at 2634 at the close. Meanwhile, Poalim (TA:POLI) added 3.20% or 66 points to end at 2128 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 3.00% or 3900 points to 133900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 2.22% or 340 points to trade at 15000 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.03% or 13.6 points to end at 656.3 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was down 1.23% or 170 points to 13600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 235 to 92 and 124 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.63% or 0.33 to $52.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.07% or 0.63 to hit $58.37 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.10 to trade at $1152.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.7706, while EUR/ILS fell 1.25% to 4.1512.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.00% at 96.91.