Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.40% or 101 points to trade at 4316 at the close. Meanwhile, Poalim (TA:POLI) added 1.71% or 33 points to end at 1960 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.35% or 3.1 points to 232.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which fell 2.38% or 83 points to trade at 3408 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 1.91% or 290 points to end at 14900 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.70% or 15.2 points to 880.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 200 to 140 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.41% or 0.17 to $41.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.24% or 0.10 to hit $41.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.61% or 7.60 to trade at $1246.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.8513, while EUR/ILS fell 0.16% to 4.3370.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.22.