Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Financials 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 Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.78% or 23.5 points to trade at 515.5 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 3.64% or 177 points to end at 5042 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.06% or 20 points to 1015 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 2.88% or 380 points to trade at 12820 in late trade. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) declined 2.39% or 600 points to end at 24500 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 2.38% or 57 points to 2343.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 220 to 158 and 32 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.98% or 1.17 to $57.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $63.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.93 to trade at $1294.23 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.30% to 3.5002, while EUR/ILS fell 0.38% to 4.1730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.69.