Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 4.77% or 570 points to trade at 12510 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 1.57% or 133 points to end at 8588 and Airport City (TA:ARPT) was up 1.41% or 59 points to 4254 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 1.38% or 1100 points to trade at 78500 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.28% or 260 points to end at 20090 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.26% or 16 points to 1253.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 145 and 60 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.86% or 1.00 to $52.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.08% or 1.18 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 11.65 to trade at $1224.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.7510, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 3.9784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 100.99.