Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.35% or 290 points to trade at 21710 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 0.46% or 20 points to end at 4410 and Nice (TA:NICE) was up 0.12% or 30 points to 24110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which lost 2.33% or 5.1 points to trade at 213.5 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.32% or 27 points to end at 1138 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) shed 2.29% or 19.0 points to 810.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 179 to 134 and 139 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.59% or 0.26 to $43.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.08 to hit $44.99 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.96% or 11.75 to trade at $1241.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.30% to 3.7611, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.2375.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.45% at 94.68.