Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 2.01% or 1360 points to trade at 69000 at the close. Harel (TA:HARL) added 0.33% or 9 points to end at 2716 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to 92300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which lost 1.44% or 2.6 points to trade at 177.9 in late trade. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) declined 1.31% or 79 points to end at 5955 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 1.16% or 30 points to 2548.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 191 to 162 and 61 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.76% or 1.77 to $65.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.40% or 2.45 to hit $74.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1276.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.5932, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 4.0460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 96.942.