Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Biomed and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 2.79% or 23.00 points to trade at 846.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.57% or 770.00 points to end at 30,770.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 2.41% or 4,000.00 points to 170,000.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which fell 1.97% or 710.00 points to trade at 35,400.00 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) declined 1.46% or 190.00 points to end at 12,840.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 1.38% or 75.00 points to 5,350.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 235 to 227 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.29% or 0.93 to $71.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.15% or 0.88 to hit $75.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 8.05 to trade at $1,963.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.62% to 3.61, while EUR/ILS rose 1.53% to 3.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 102.08.