Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which rose 3.66% or 167 points to trade at 4730 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 3.25% or 1950 points to end at 62000 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 3.14% or 48 points to 1577 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.84% or 700 points to trade at 37280 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 0.97% or 7.0 points to end at 712.0 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 0.55% or 110 points to 19980.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 230 to 92 and 117 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.22% or 1.08 to $49.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.32% or 1.14 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.41% or 5.25 to trade at $1289.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.27% to 3.8568, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 4.3725.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.73% at 93.61.