Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT), which rose 3.18% or 790 points to trade at 25620 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 0.87% or 100 points to end at 11630 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 0.80% or 15 points to 1889 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT), which lost 1.66% or 78 points to trade at 4616 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 1.33% or 45 points to end at 3338 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 1.31% or 360 points to 27130.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 265 to 139 and 15 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.16% or 0.53 to $46.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.02% or 0.49 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.23 to trade at $1255.13 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.5699, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.1573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.80.