Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.63% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which rose 9.36% or 1870 points to trade at 21850 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 8.41% or 1080 points to end at 13920 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was up 4.05% or 161 points to 4141 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 4.55% or 710 points to trade at 14890 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) declined 4.16% or 4.5 points to end at 103.7 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) was down 3.15% or 1.4 points to 43.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 280 to 133 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 21.02% or 3.56 to $13.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 7.17% or 1.78 to hit $23.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 11.75 to trade at $1723.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.46% to 3.5087, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 3.7986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.153.