Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 2.36% or 215 points to trade at 9340 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) added 1.67% or 100 points to end at 6085 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) was up 1.26% or 280 points to 22580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 3.71% or 9.6 points to trade at 249.4 in late trade. Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) declined 3.66% or 1.4 points to end at 36.9 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 2.92% or 34 points to 1130.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 208 to 170 and 44 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.08% or 0.69 to $63.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.67% or 0.48 to hit $71.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.15 to trade at $1292.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.5631, while EUR/ILS fell 0.12% to 4.0277.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.530.