Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 4.32% or 92 points to trade at 2222 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 3.32% or 50 points to end at 1556 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 3.26% or 390 points to 12340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp), which fell 6.76% or 30 points to trade at 414 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 5.54% or 447 points to end at 7619 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) was down 3.48% or 2.4 points to 66.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 208 to 188 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.39% or 0.16 to $41.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.14% or 0.06 to hit $43.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.75% or 33.15 to trade at $1930.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.4139, while EUR/ILS rose 0.87% to 4.0117.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 93.618.