Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Technology and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 3.59% or 51 points to trade at 1471 at the close. Meanwhile, Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) added 1.99% or 36 points to end at 1847 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was up 1.64% or 34 points to 2104 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which fell 1.32% or 420.0 points to trade at 31300.0 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.20% or 26 points to end at 2149 and Harel (TA:HARL) was down 0.94% or 25 points to 2641.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 205 to 165 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.35% or 0.24 to $68.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.68% or 0.50 to hit $73.57 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.20 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.6431, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 4.2646.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.31.