Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.17% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.35% or 82 points to trade at 2533 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 2.99% or 17.3 points to end at 596.3 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.49% or 660 points to 27190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which lost 1.45% or 93 points to trade at 6305 in late trade. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) declined 1.41% or 280 points to end at 19640 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) shed 1.30% or 12.0 points to 911.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 213 to 165 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.47% or 0.20 to $42.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.68% or 0.31 to hit $45.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 10.93 to trade at $1245.47 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.50% to 3.5222, while EUR/ILS fell 0.43% to 3.9451.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.91.