Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 3.38% or 1080 points to trade at 33000 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 2.12% or 114 points to end at 5489 and International (TA:FTIN) was up 1.89% or 100 points to 5402 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 2.97% or 44 points to trade at 1435 in late trade. Avner L (TA:AVNRp) declined 2.87% or 8.0 points to end at 270.3 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 2.54% or 2150 points to 82500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 197 to 147 and 98 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $52.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.05 to trade at $1141.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.36% to 3.8603, while EUR/ILS fell 0.51% to 4.0287.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.84.