Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 3.36% or 30.00 points to trade at 922.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 3.22% or 77.00 points to end at 2,468.00 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 3.18% or 14.90 points to 483.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 1.83% or 1,800.00 points to trade at 96,700.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.24% or 36.00 points to end at 2,875.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was down 1.08% or 460.00 points to 42,200.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 247 to 216 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.24% or 36.00 to 2,875.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.26% or 0.19 to $73.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $78.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.10 to trade at $1,929.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS rose 0.38% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.75.