Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Poalim (TA:POLI), which rose 0.67% or 16 points to trade at 2419 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 0.42% or 120 points to end at 29030 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 0.12% or 40 points to 32600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 2.34% or 1390 points to trade at 58050 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.94% or 21 points to end at 1061 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) shed 1.88% or 75 points to 3905.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 210 to 140 and 57 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.03% or 1.32 to $63.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.44% or 1.00 to hit $68.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.04% or 13.80 to trade at $1341.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.94% to 3.5234, while EUR/ILS rose 0.78% to 4.3351.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.71.