Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which rose 2.53% or 84 points to trade at 3399 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 1.43% or 38 points to end at 2690 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.30% or 510 points to 39810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.19% or 610 points to trade at 27210 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.62% or 34 points to end at 2071 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) shed 1.41% or 31 points to 2175.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 205 to 177 and 35 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.66% or 2.56 to $67.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.64% or 2.74 to hit $72.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1240.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.6294, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.2493.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.31.