Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.49% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT), which rose 2.04% or 105.00 points to trade at 5,263.00 at the close. Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 1.52% or 370.00 points to end at 24,670.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was up 1.49% or 530.00 points to 36,000.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which lost 1.78% or 1,110.00 points to trade at 61,390.00 in late trade. Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) declined 1.74% or 15.30 points to end at 863.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) shed 1.54% or 29.00 points to 1,855.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 203 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.35% or 0.28 to $81.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.33% or 0.28 to hit $84.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 12.00 to trade at $2,343.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.89% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 3.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 105.17.