Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.06% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 2.51% or 86 points to trade at 3510 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) added 2.26% or 550 points to end at 24860 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 1.61% or 60 points to 3780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which lost 3.93% or 2690 points to trade at 65700 in late trade. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 1.73% or 24 points to end at 1361 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 1.51% or 25 points to 1630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 163 to 160 and 124 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.68% or 1.24 to $47.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.40% or 1.15 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1275.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.74% to 3.8142, while EUR/ILS rose 1.02% to 4.3232.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 94.44.