Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.29%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.29% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which rose 3.41% or 211 points to trade at 6400 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 3.36% or 134 points to end at 4117 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 3.28% or 75 points to 2361 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 2.30% or 28 points to trade at 1188 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 2.01% or 6.9 points to end at 337.2 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was down 0.36% or 50 points to 13980.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 283 to 166 and 20 ended unchanged.

Shares in Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.41% or 211 to 6400.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.17 to $61.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $64.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.35 to trade at $1738.35 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.3006, while EUR/ILS rose 0.12% to 3.9392.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 91.812.