Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1), which rose 2.00% or 40 points to trade at 2044 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TA:HARL) added 1.97% or 49 points to end at 2535 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 1.23% or 36 points to 2963 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 0.86% or 51 points to trade at 5847 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 0.61% or 380 points to end at 61780 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 0.54% or 11 points to 2024.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 192 to 174 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.57% or 0.32 to $56.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $66.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1329.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.04% to 3.6193, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 4.0921.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.643.