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 35 rose 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN), which rose 2.17% or 141 points to trade at 6630 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) added 2.06% or 50 points to end at 2474 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) was up 1.42% or 350 points to 25040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 1.22% or 7.3 points to trade at 589.6 in late trade. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 1.20% or 300 points to end at 24600 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.15% or 16 points to 1377.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 258 to 159 and 11 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.68% or 0.30 to $44.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.73% or 0.34 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1211.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.32% to 3.5519, while EUR/ILS rose 0.22% to 4.0449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.89.