Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 9.93% or 23.6 points to trade at 261.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.11% or 1770 points to end at 85720 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 1.90% or 25.0 points to 1342.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which fell 1.65% or 170 points to trade at 10110 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 0.67% or 430 points to end at 63870 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 0.58% or 5 points to 926.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 226 to 164 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) rose to all time highs; rising 1.90% or 25.0 to 1342.0.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.00% or 1.26 to $64.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.02% or 0.72 to hit $71.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.35 to trade at $1301.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.15% to 3.5847, while EUR/ILS rose 0.48% to 4.0367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.648.