The official value of the shekel rose an average of .543 percent on Monday against most of the featured currencies on the Bank of Israel's foreign-exchange list.
The United States dollar was fixed at NIS 3.584, down .139 percent from Friday, while the Euro declined .724 percent to 4.2102 shekels against the backdrop of a new government in Italy that could follow Britain out of the European Union. The pound sterling was set at 4.8035 shekels, down .932 percent and a five-month low against the rising dollar on news that the US-China trade war was on hold. South Africa's volatile rand fell 2.548 percent to NIS .2792, also a five-month low against the dollar.