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 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TASE:LUMI), which rose 3.77% or 109.00 points to trade at 2,997.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) added 3.73% or 38.00 points to end at 1,058.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) was up 3.47% or 65.00 points to 1,939.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 2.71% or 32.00 points to trade at 1,150.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 2.40% or 1,100.00 points to end at 44,690.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.82% or 44.00 points to 2,370.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 252 to 206 and 81 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.13% or 0.11 to $87.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.16 to hit $90.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 5.45 to trade at $1,948.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.90% to 3.81, while EUR/ILS fell 0.38% to 4.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 104.06.