Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.52% or 29.0 points to trade at 670.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 2.82% or 122 points to end at 4452 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.53% or 70 points to 2840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which fell 2.69% or 820 points to trade at 29610 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 1.43% or 1600 points to end at 110400 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 1.40% or 24 points to 1690.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 114 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.26% or 0.16 to $60.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.73% or 0.48 to hit $66.33 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1228.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.59% to 3.8324, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.3556.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 93.90.