Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 1.78% or 270 points to trade at 15420 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 1.53% or 100 points to end at 6620 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 1.11% or 0.5 points to 45.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 3.36% or 1060 points to trade at 30490 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 2.53% or 410 points to end at 15810 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 2.08% or 36 points to 1692.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 227 to 169 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.18% or 0.11 to $61.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1320.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.4458, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 4.1273.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 92.01.