Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 4.77% or 570 points to trade at 12510 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 1.57% or 133 points to end at 8588 and Airport City (TA:ARPT) was up 1.41% or 59 points to 4254 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 1.38% or 1100 points to trade at 78500 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.28% or 260 points to end at 20090 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 1.26% or 16 points to 1253.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 230 to 145 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.57% or 133 to 8588.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.88% or 1.01 to $52.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.10% or 1.19 to hit $55.51 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 11.65 to trade at $1224.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.7510, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 3.9784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 100.99.