Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the added 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the were Shikun & Binui (TASE:), which rose 3.13% or 28.00 points to trade at 921.80 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:) added 2.76% or 410.00 points to end at 15,290.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:) was up 2.26% or 47.00 points to 2,130.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TASE:), which fell 1.93% or 111.00 points to trade at 5,639.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:) declined 1.72% or 60.00 points to end at 3,420.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:) was down 1.38% or 38.00 points to 2,725.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 295 to 148 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.20 to $73.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 6.55 to trade at $2,534.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.80% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 1.10% to 4.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 101.61.
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