Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.46% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 8.38% or 247 points to trade at 3196 at the close. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) added 4.40% or 191 points to end at 4534 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was up 2.98% or 122 points to 4210 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 2.76% or 37 points to trade at 1303 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 2.72% or 2180 points to end at 78000 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 1.97% or 145 points to 7200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 269 to 136 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 3.26% or 1.31 to $41.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.02% or 1.29 to hit $44.07 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.95 to trade at $1891.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.3666, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 3.9853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.630.