Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 0.14% or 30 points to trade at 20730 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) fell 0.38% or 6 points to end at 1580 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 0.49% or 30 points to 6051 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which lost 2.94% or 131 points to trade at 4319 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.23% or 1560 points to end at 68390 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 2.06% or 500 points to 23800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 229 to 91 and 124 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $49.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.24% or 0.12 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.78% or 9.95 to trade at $1285.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.8562, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 4.3578.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 94.33.