Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.46% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 2.21% or 46 points to trade at 2125 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 2.07% or 135 points to end at 6650 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 1.96% or 29 points to 1505 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 7.45% or 4360 points to trade at 54200 in late trade. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 3.89% or 21.1 points to end at 522.0 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) shed 3.85% or 1340 points to 33510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 288 to 109 and 28 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.73% or 0.48 to $64.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.50% or 0.34 to hit $68.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1337.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.4537, while EUR/ILS fell 0.52% to 4.2870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 89.36.