Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 2.03% or 320 points to trade at 16110 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 0.99% or 310 points to end at 31640 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.74% or 35 points to 4792 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 1.62% or 240 points to trade at 14570 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.60% or 60 points to end at 3680 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 1.31% or 300 points to 22660.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 184 to 137 and 127 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.21% or 0.54 to $44.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $47.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.50 to trade at $1166.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.39% to 3.8798, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.2868.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 96.88.