Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.86% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which rose 2.73% or 1700 points to trade at 63870 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.68% or 1930 points to end at 74000 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 2.48% or 34 points to 1405 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which lost 1.18% or 40 points to trade at 3346 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 1.03% or 170 points to end at 16350 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 0.64% or 160 points to 24800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 185 to 161 and 99 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.59% or 0.29 to $49.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.20 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.8450, while EUR/ILS rose 0.22% to 4.2829.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.