Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 5.49% or 1,610.00 points to trade at 30,910.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 3.99% or 212.00 points to end at 5,528.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 3.71% or 760.00 points to 21,260.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 2.30% or 810.00 points to trade at 34,460.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 1.99% or 10.00 points to end at 491.60 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 1.97% or 260.00 points to 12,950.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 248 to 226 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.30% or 810.00 to 34,460.00.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.38% or 0.29 to $76.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.60% or 0.50 to hit $82.32 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 7.55 to trade at $1,824.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.07% to 3.67, while EUR/ILS rose 0.51% to 3.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 104.74.