Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.65% or 700 points to trade at 19880 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 3.59% or 41 points to end at 1182 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 3.05% or 6.5 points to 219.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which fell 1.84% or 31 points to trade at 1650 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.75% or 14.1 points to end at 790.0 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was down 1.50% or 65 points to 4268.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 182 to 159 and 107 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.75% or 0.78 to $43.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.53% or 1.15 to hit $44.22 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.97% or 25.50 to trade at $1268.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.27% to 3.7782, while EUR/ILS fell 0.69% to 4.3071.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 94.08.