Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp), which rose 6.64% or 3.8 points to trade at 61.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 4.32% or 2030 points to end at 49000 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was up 4.27% or 35 points to 855 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (TASE:IFF), which fell 6.05% or 2800.00 points to trade at 43510.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 3.79% or 1030 points to end at 26150 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was down 3.13% or 740 points to 22920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 205 to 188 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.30% or 0.18 to $60.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.46% or 0.30 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.15 to trade at $1479.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.45% to 3.4973, while EUR/ILS rose 0.70% to 3.8976.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.625.