Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 1.70% or 1600 points to trade at 95570 at the close. Shufersal (TA:SAE) added 1.69% or 39 points to end at 2350 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 1.08% or 2.0 points to 187.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 3.56% or 930 points to trade at 25220 in late trade. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) declined 1.72% or 138 points to end at 7907 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) shed 1.64% or 38 points to 2274.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 252 to 133 and 17 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.28% or 0.19 to $67.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.19% or 14.50 to trade at $1204.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.61% to 3.6935, while EUR/ILS fell 0.54% to 4.2176.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.09.