Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 5.33% or 81 points to trade at 1600 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 4.62% or 2850 points to end at 64500 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 3.79% or 540 points to 14800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.71% or 630 points to trade at 36220 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.12% or 8.5 points to end at 748.5 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was down 0.91% or 2.1 points to 229.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 203 to 136 and 108 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.97% or 0.47 to $47.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.46% or 0.71 to hit $48.01 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.39% or 4.90 to trade at $1248.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.48% to 3.8681, while EUR/ILS fell 0.72% to 4.3308.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.43.