Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 4.44% or 72 points to trade at 1695 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) added 2.10% or 520 points to end at 25330 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was up 2.03% or 43 points to 2160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 3.91% or 17.0 points to trade at 418.0 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.80% or 3100 points to end at 107700 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 2.66% or 57 points to 2085.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 195 and 27 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.53% or 0.37 to $70.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.84% or 0.65 to hit $78.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.20 to trade at $1207.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.6121, while EUR/ILS rose 0.58% to 4.1998.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.99.