Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 4.41% or 11.1 points to trade at 263.0 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 4.39% or 58 points to end at 1379 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 3.07% or 128 points to 4302 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which lost 3.98% or 33.7 points to trade at 812.3 in late trade. Osem (TA:OSEM) declined 3.38% or 242 points to end at 6914 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 2.46% or 330 points to 13110.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 189 to 137 and 125 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.72% or 0.30 to $42.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.42% or 0.64 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.74% or 8.00 to trade at $1068.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.8771, while EUR/ILS fell 0.54% to 4.1168.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 99.92.