Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 3.83% or 79 points to trade at 2143 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 2.69% or 197 points to end at 7528 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 2.26% or 55 points to 2490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 4.42% or 2770 points to trade at 59830 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.79% or 19 points to end at 1041 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.76% or 23 points to 1284.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 193 to 185 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $63.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1334.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.4867, while EUR/ILS rose 0.01% to 4.2874.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.90.