Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which rose 3.03% or 203 points to trade at 6893 at the close. Leumi (TA:LUMI) added 2.45% or 53 points to end at 2220 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 2.36% or 58 points to 2512 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which lost 4.27% or 2120 points to trade at 47580 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.90% or 79 points to end at 2647 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 2.88% or 35 points to 1182.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 184 and 23 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.76% or 1.09 to $60.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.54% or 1.01 to hit $64.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1319.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.4451, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 4.2449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.97.