Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Real Estate and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 1.80% or 680 points to trade at 38490 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 1.21% or 610 points to end at 51070 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 0.80% or 0.3 points to 37.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 2.83% or 77 points to trade at 2644 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 2.45% or 370 points to end at 14740 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) shed 2.31% or 1110 points to 46860.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 261 to 120 and 35 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.61% or 0.45 to $73.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.80% or 1.43 to hit $77.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 6.50 to trade at $1248.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.39% to 3.6705, while EUR/ILS fell 0.29% to 4.2596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.78.