Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which rose 4.10% or 15.1 points to trade at 383.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) added 3.72% or 184 points to end at 5125 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 3.65% or 50 points to 1420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which fell 1.58% or 38 points to trade at 2360 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 0.46% or 340 points to end at 73470 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was 0.00% or 0 points to 20250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 304 to 89 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.24% or 0.09 to $37.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $39.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 15.95 to trade at $1963.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.60% to 3.4397, while EUR/ILS fell 0.37% to 4.0801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.062.