Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.95% or 166 points to trade at 8680 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 1.50% or 112 points to end at 7594 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.19% or 220 points to 18780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which lost 3.83% or 86 points to trade at 2159 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 3.56% or 306 points to end at 8280 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 3.11% or 41 points to 1278.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 263 to 109 and 42 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.40% or 0.26 to $65.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.67% or 1.23 to hit $74.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1281.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.39% to 3.6389, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 4.2251.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.47.