Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 2.94% or 100 points to trade at 3500 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.80% or 560 points to end at 20550 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 1.98% or 1120 points to 57790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 2.82% or 100 points to trade at 3450 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.29% or 16.7 points to end at 713.3 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 0.88% or 14 points to 1570.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 286 to 87 and 68 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $53.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.10 to trade at $1152.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.8525, while EUR/ILS fell 0.54% to 4.0342.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 102.37.