Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 2.83% or 30 points to trade at 1089 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.66% or 1670 points to end at 64470 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.46% or 620 points to 25870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 3.06% or 70 points to trade at 2220 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.05% or 2400 points to end at 114500 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 1.89% or 730 points to 37920.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 155 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.22% or 0.16 to $71.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $80.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.79% or 9.70 to trade at $1231.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.25% to 3.6334, while EUR/ILS rose 0.47% to 4.2093.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.72.