Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF), which rose 2.42% or 370.00 points to trade at 15,680.00 at the close. Leumi (TASE:LUMI) added 2.30% or 95.00 points to end at 4,227.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was up 1.91% or 330.00 points to 17,580.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which lost 3.48% or 293.00 points to trade at 8,132.00 in late trade. Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) declined 2.82% or 31.00 points to end at 1,069.00 and Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) shed 2.60% or 260.00 points to 9,750.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 276 to 200 and 60 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.01% or 0.71 to $71.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.72% or 0.53 to hit $74.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 16.34 to trade at $2,615.56 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.44% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS fell 1.16% to 3.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 108.15.