Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Discount (TA:DSCT), which rose 2.92% or 20.8 points to trade at 732.8 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.33% or 370 points to end at 16250 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 2.10% or 100 points to 4869 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.58% or 156 points to trade at 5888 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 2.13% or 310 points to end at 14230 and Osem (TA:OSEM) shed 1.91% or 159 points to 8180.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 175 to 168 and 111 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.80% or 0.48 to $59.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.13% or 0.71 to hit $62.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.42% or 17.10 to trade at $1184.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.21% to 3.7816, while EUR/ILS fell 0.81% to 4.3102.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 94.14.