Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 2.07% or 350 points to trade at 17260 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 1.43% or 108 points to end at 7672 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was up 0.73% or 250.0 points to 34450.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Partner (TA:PTNR), which lost 2.45% or 41 points to trade at 1630 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.17% or 24 points to end at 1082 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) shed 2.07% or 750 points to 35500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 240 to 145 and 27 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.04% or 0.71 to $67.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.46% or 0.34 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.93% or 12.40 to trade at $1325.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.5416, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.3296.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 90.55.