Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 0.88% or 150 points to trade at 17100 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 0.55% or 6 points to end at 1091 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 0.51% or 35 points to 6920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 4.31% or 14.7 points to trade at 326.3 in late trade. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 1.78% or 155 points to end at 8544 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) shed 1.66% or 78 points to 4622.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 158 and 25 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $54.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1279.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.6951, while EUR/ILS rose 0.18% to 4.2004.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.002.