Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 1.96% or 47 points to trade at 2444 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 1.84% or 3.3 points to end at 182.4 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 1.80% or 121 points to 6830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.38% or 59 points to trade at 2416 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 1.66% or 480 points to end at 28450 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) shed 1.32% or 51 points to 3800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 236 to 165 and 17 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.62% or 0.32 to $51.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.56 to hit $57.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.32 to trade at $1306.92 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.4965, while EUR/ILS fell 0.22% to 4.1308.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 92.97.