Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 2.03% or 122 points to trade at 6139 at the close. Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.80% or 12.7 points to end at 716.6 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 1.77% or 38 points to 2183 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 0.90% or 34 points to trade at 3753 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 0.78% or 130 points to end at 16480 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) shed 0.69% or 26 points to 3740.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 137 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.91% or 1.45 to $51.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.58% or 1.34 to hit $53.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.79% or 9.85 to trade at $1261.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.64% to 3.7855, while EUR/ILS fell 0.54% to 4.2240.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 96.78.