Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.29% or 750 points to trade at 33450 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 2.18% or 440 points to end at 20590 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.28% or 1000 points to 79400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN), which fell 1.51% or 76 points to trade at 4950 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 1.46% or 250 points to end at 16850 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 0.99% or 14 points to 1406.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 210 to 148 and 88 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.63% or 1.17 to $45.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.45% or 1.15 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1347.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.29% to 3.7985, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 4.2544.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 95.46.