Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which rose 2.68% or 1680 points to trade at 64280 at the close. Meanwhile, Leumi (TA:LUMI) added 2.33% or 32 points to end at 1407 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 2.01% or 330 points to 16720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 1.87% or 1200 points to trade at 63000 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 1.31% or 81 points to end at 6086 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 1.23% or 470 points to 37870.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 211 to 126 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melisron (TA:MLSR) rose to all time highs; rising 2.01% or 330 to 16720.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.38% or 0.99 to $40.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.30% or 1.00 to hit $42.53 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.07% or 1.00 to trade at $1356.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.02% to 3.8111, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.2573.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.65.