Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which rose 2.48% or 0.9 points to trade at 37.2 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) added 2.25% or 40 points to end at 1814 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was up 2.17% or 74 points to 3489 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 5.65% or 66 points to trade at 1103 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.41% or 360 points to end at 14580 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) shed 1.08% or 4.0 points to 365.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 263 to 145 and 18 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.57% or 0.26 to $45.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1282.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.68% to 3.7367, while EUR/ILS fell 0.77% to 4.2725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.843.