Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Technology and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.44% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 2.45% or 25 points to trade at 1045 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 1.82% or 7.8 points to end at 436.3 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.62% or 870 points to 54500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which fell 1.79% or 2.8 points to trade at 153.8 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) declined 1.40% or 40 points to end at 2810 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.32% or 20 points to 1493.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 200 to 192 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $65.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.64% or 0.49 to hit $75.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.40 to trade at $1305.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.5734, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.2180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.45.
