Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 1.80% or 35 points to trade at 1979 at the close. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) added 0.78% or 0.5 points to end at 64.8 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.57% or 35 points to 6157 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellcom (TA:CEL), which lost 3.63% or 149 points to trade at 3960 in late trade. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 3.42% or 81 points to end at 2286 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 3.29% or 420 points to 12350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 269 to 114 and 61 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $53.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $55.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1228.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.60% to 3.6744, while EUR/ILS fell 0.82% to 3.8941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 101.53.