Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 0.23% or 30 points to trade at 13030 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) fell 0.18% or 30 points to end at 17070 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 0.47% or 130 points to 27800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 2.72% or 2260 points to trade at 80950 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.52% or 32 points to end at 1237 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 2.41% or 5.8 points to 234.4.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 176 to 157 and 81 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.35% or 0.72 to $52.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.04% or 0.58 to hit $55.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 8.85 to trade at $1199.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.7740, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 4.0336.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.45.