Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shufersal (TA:SAE), which rose 1.89% or 46 points to trade at 2485 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 1.66% or 2.9 points to end at 177.7 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.64% or 270 points to 16770 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 4.41% or 15.0 points to trade at 325.0 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 3.62% or 1420 points to end at 37810 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) shed 2.05% or 55 points to 2630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 207 to 170 and 29 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $51.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $60.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1290.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.6635, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 4.2008.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.178.