Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.57% or 142 points to trade at 4115 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 3.10% or 1870 points to end at 62170 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 2.52% or 57 points to 2316 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isramco L (TA:ISRAp), which lost 0.90% or 0.6 points to trade at 66.1 in late trade. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) declined 0.52% or 330 points to end at 62750 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 0.18% or 60 points to 32880.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 203 to 135 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.52% or 0.27 to $51.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.94% or 0.51 to hit $54.97 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.18% or 13.85 to trade at $1163.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.8194, while EUR/ILS rose 0.61% to 4.0964.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 100.49.