Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 2.39% or 1660 points to trade at 71190 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 1.16% or 20 points to end at 1740 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was up 0.80% or 28 points to 3540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which lost 1.28% or 78 points to trade at 6038 in late trade. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 1.12% or 190 points to end at 16710 and International (TA:FTIN) shed 1.04% or 57 points to 5423.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 204 to 164 and 72 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.70% or 1.46 to $52.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.64% or 1.51 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.75 to trade at $1179.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.8438, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.0566.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 102.11.