Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT), which rose 5.50% or 154 points to trade at 2955 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.29% or 1490 points to end at 66500 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.31% or 78 points to 6018 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 3.75% or 3450 points to trade at 88540 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 2.89% or 57 points to end at 1915 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) shed 2.12% or 6.5 points to 299.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 211 to 164 and 45 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.94% or 0.55 to $59.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.34 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1302.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.36% to 3.6076, while EUR/ILS rose 0.44% to 4.0877.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.040.