Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Discount (TA:DSCT), which rose 1.56% or 10.6 points to trade at 689.8 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 1.27% or 65 points to end at 5191 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 1.21% or 190 points to 15850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.85% or 720 points to trade at 24580 in late trade. Avner L (TA:AVNRp) declined 1.61% or 4.9 points to end at 300.0 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) shed 1.41% or 440 points to 30810.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 179 to 161 and 117 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.37% or 0.21 to $56.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.96% or 0.62 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 2.34% or 27.50 to trade at $1202.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.90% to 3.8975, while EUR/ILS fell 0.47% to 4.2413.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.95.