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 rose 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT), which rose 5.57% or 96.00 points to trade at 1,821.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 4.49% or 114.00 points to end at 2,654.00 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) was up 4.40% or 129.00 points to 3,059.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 1.90% or 720.00 points to trade at 37,200.00 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) declined 1.58% or 140.00 points to end at 8,705.00 and Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) was down 1.49% or 11.10 points to 734.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 289 to 180 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.53% or 0.42 to $80.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.22% or 0.19 to hit $86.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 11.45 to trade at $1,863.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.34% to 3.52, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.09% to 3.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 103.23.