The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's benchmark TA-25 Index rose 0.5% to 1176.93 while the TA-100 Index climbed 0.53% to 1091.39.
The Tel-Tech 15 Index of top technology stocks fell 0.3% to 225.78.
The most-active issue was Ratio Oil, trading down 2.6%. Notably higher among energy stocks: Jerusalem Oil Exploration jumped 7%. Both are TA-100 members.
Teva (TEVA 54.15, -0.08, -0.14%) shares 4.4%. Chief Financial Officer Eyal Desheh is scheduled on Tuesday to give a presentation at a Morgan Stanley health-care conference.
Peer blue-chip drugmaker Perrigo (PRGO 58.90, +0.01, +0.02%) rose 0.6%.
Israel Chemicals, the producer of fertilizer and chemicals derived from the Dead Sea, climbed 1.9%. Agrichemicals specialist Makhteshim-Agan (MAIXY 6.81, +0.01, +0.15%) fell 0.9%.
Two of the big telecoms firms advanced - Cellcom (CEL 28.43, +0.12, +0.42%) by 2.7% and Partner (PTNR 17.42, -0.02, -0.11%) by 2.8%. Bezeq dropped 0.7%.
Active and lower in tech were Nice Systems, (NICE 28.70, +0.02, +0.07%) the provider of digital recording and archiving solutions, down 1.6%; and Mellanox, (MLNX 16.37, -0.27, -1.62%) the provider of connectivity solutions for data-center servers and storage systems, off 4%.
Retalix, (RTLX 12.88, +0.28, +2.22%) the developer of management systems for supermarkets and distributors, 2.4%.
In real estate, Ashtrom Properties lost 3% and insurer Harel gave up 1.5%. The Israeli business daily Globes reported on Sunday that a joint venture held 51% by Ashtrom and 49% by Harel agreed to buy a Deutsche Telekom AG office building in Hanover, Germany, for $33.4 million. The venture will lease the property back to the German telecoms firm." (source)
