Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF), which rose 3.44% or 380.00 points to trade at 11,420.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) added 2.49% or 97.00 points to end at 4,000.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.22% or 79.00 points to 3,642.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shufersal (TASE:SAE), which fell 2.57% or 68.00 points to trade at 2,582.00 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) declined 1.95% or 124.00 points to end at 6,241.00 and Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) was down 1.85% or 100.00 points to 5,300.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 244 to 240 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.88% or 2.04 to $110.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.35% or 1.51 to hit $113.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.60 to trade at $1,810.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.39, while EUR/ILS fell 0.26% to 3.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 104.43.