Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 3.24% or 470 points to trade at 14990 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 3.18% or 205 points to end at 6645 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 2.80% or 54 points to 1980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TA:HARL), which fell 2.77% or 72 points to trade at 2528 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) declined 1.53% or 97 points to end at 6253 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was down 0.97% or 24 points to 2450.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 226 to 149 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.27% or 0.75 to $59.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.08% or 0.68 to hit $63.47 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 10.50 to trade at $1326.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.25% to 3.5289, while EUR/ILS rose 0.51% to 4.3312.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 90.14.