Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.90% or 272 points to trade at 7240 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.33% or 54 points to end at 1674 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 1.95% or 35 points to 1828 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which fell 3.86% or 780 points to trade at 19420 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 3.02% or 78 points to end at 2506 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 2.66% or 38 points to 1390.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 228 to 162 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.69% or 0.49 to $71.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.30% or 1.00 to hit $78.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1320.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.11% to 3.5797, while EUR/ILS rose 0.32% to 4.2834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 92.27.