Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 2.33% or 166 points to trade at 7281 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) added 1.43% or 2.6 points to end at 185.0 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) was up 1.19% or 530 points to 44960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 5.34% or 390 points to trade at 6910 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.85% or 640 points to end at 21810 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) shed 2.76% or 60 points to 2114.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 261 to 116 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.84% or 0.97 to $51.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.01% or 0.62 to hit $61.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1250.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.7464, while EUR/ILS rose 0.32% to 4.2610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 97.053.