Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 6.32% or 79 points to trade at 1329 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 2.93% or 760 points to end at 26710 and Shufersal (TA:SAE) was up 1.76% or 41 points to 2365 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL), which lost 3.16% or 1300.00 points to trade at 39900.00 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.61% or 3100 points to end at 115600 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 2.44% or 64 points to 2562.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 242 to 121 and 35 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.62% or 0.46 to $73.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.84% or 0.71 to hit $83.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.30% or 15.70 to trade at $1189.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.48% to 3.6474, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.1848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 95.54.