Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.85% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TASE:LUMI), which rose 2.74% or 63 points to trade at 2364 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) added 2.51% or 56 points to end at 2289 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was up 2.47% or 134 points to 5549 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 1.88% or 24 points to trade at 1251 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 1.51% or 5.3 points to end at 345.6 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 1.14% or 350 points to 30420.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 317 to 143 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leumi (TASE:LUMI) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.74% or 63 to 2364. Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.51% or 56 to 2289. Shares in Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.47% or 134 to 5549.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.40% or 0.89 to $64.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.24% or 0.83 to hit $67.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.47% or 26.05 to trade at $1793.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.2494, while EUR/ILS rose 0.42% to 3.9162.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 90.998.