Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.78% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT), which rose 3.93% or 41.0 points to trade at 1085.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) added 3.09% or 58 points to end at 1932 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) was up 3.02% or 520 points to 17720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 16.63% or 291 points to trade at 1459 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.46% or 6.3 points to end at 424.7 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was down 1.44% or 130 points to 8870.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 267 to 116 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.93% or 41.0 to 1085.0.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.46% or 0.33 to $71.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $78.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1287.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.5844, while EUR/ILS fell 0.34% to 4.2138.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.71.