Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 2.12% or 77 points to trade at 3716 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 2.05% or 70 points to end at 3480 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was up 1.70% or 300 points to 17990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR), which fell 2.40% or 4440 points to trade at 180350 at the close. Energix (TASE:ENRG) declined 2.07% or 25 points to end at 1185 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.98% or 66 points to 3262.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 218 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.22% or 0.15 to $69.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.26% or 0.19 to hit $71.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 5.25 to trade at $1897.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.2452, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 3.9579.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.938.