Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 3.79% or 16.2 points to trade at 444.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.73% or 1650 points to end at 62080 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was up 2.45% or 76 points to 3183 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which fell 1.70% or 890 points to trade at 51530 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 1.27% or 420.0 points to end at 32610.0 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was down 1.20% or 46 points to 3801.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 223 to 170 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.40% or 1.49 to $63.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.28% or 1.53 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1335.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.37% to 3.5187, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.3314.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.63.