Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which rose 8.61% or 133.00 points to trade at 1,678.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 8.36% or 6,950.00 points to end at 90,080.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) was up 3.99% or 1,110.00 points to 28,910.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 2.67% or 154.00 points to trade at 5,621.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 2.19% or 107.00 points to end at 4,775.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 1.97% or 1,290.00 points to 64,140.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 214 and 75 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.09% or 1.45 to $70.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.96% or 1.43 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.40 to trade at $2,749.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.03% to 3.75, while EUR/ILS rose 0.85% to 4.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 103.63.