Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.25% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 1.80% or 25 points to trade at 1414 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.33% or 23 points to end at 1749 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.27% or 55 points to 4379 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 1.23% or 800 points to trade at 64500 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 1.05% or 160 points to end at 15050 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 0.38% or 80 points to 20850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 172 to 167 and 113 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.69% or 1.12 to $40.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.18% or 0.94 to hit $42.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1236.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.7756, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.2775.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.39.