Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.36% or 30.4 points to trade at 728.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 3.15% or 960 points to end at 31410 and First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) was up 2.83% or 154 points to 5602 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 2.21% or 350 points to trade at 15470 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.14% or 33 points to end at 1507 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 2.03% or 130 points to 6263.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 126 and 103 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.57% or 0.29 to $50.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 2.38% or 26.90 to trade at $1105.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.36% to 3.8334, while EUR/ILS rose 0.71% to 4.1641.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 97.92.