Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Financials and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which rose 3.56% or 163 points to trade at 4743 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.10% or 197 points to end at 6550 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 1.91% or 13.0 points to 693.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.64% or 1220 points to trade at 73270 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 1.51% or 73 points to end at 4775 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 0.83% or 2.7 points to 323.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 165 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.91% or 0.54 to $58.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.78% or 0.49 to hit $62.81 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.20 to trade at $1170.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.57% to 3.8418, while EUR/ILS rose 0.25% to 4.3035.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 95.86.