Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Communication and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 6.06% or 550 points to trade at 9630 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 3.18% or 16.6 points to end at 539.1 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) was up 2.16% or 440 points to 20800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 3.38% or 2340 points to trade at 66800 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.44% or 32 points to end at 1277 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was down 1.76% or 110 points to 6153.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 156 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; down 1.76% or 110 to 6153.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.40% or 0.68 to $47.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.80% or 0.95 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.44 to trade at $1298.04 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.6168, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 4.2732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 92.97.