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 added 0.25% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 1.80% or 25 points to trade at 1414 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.33% or 23 points to end at 1749 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.27% or 55 points to 4379 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 1.23% or 800 points to trade at 64500 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 1.05% or 160 points to end at 15050 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 0.38% or 80 points to 20850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 172 to 167 and 113 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.64% or 1.10 to $40.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.18% or 0.94 to hit $42.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1237.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.7756, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.2775.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.39.