Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Banking and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 1.89% or 400 points to trade at 21560 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.69% or 103 points to end at 6183 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.31% or 150 points to 11590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which fell 2.21% or 31 points to trade at 1369 at the close. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 1.85% or 70 points to end at 3710 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.83% or 47 points to 2528.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 219 to 194 and 89 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.80% or 1.34 to $49.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.50% or 1.27 to hit $52.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.28 to trade at $1233.98 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.6016, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 3.9541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.77.