Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TASE:MLSR), which rose 3.42% or 580 points to trade at 17560 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) added 2.02% or 189 points to end at 9540 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was up 1.19% or 240 points to 20480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which lost 3.97% or 420 points to trade at 10160 in late trade. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 2.93% or 2520 points to end at 83480 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) shed 2.55% or 152 points to 5799.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 250 to 130 and 39 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.43% or 0.27 to $63.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $72.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1275.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.5825, while EUR/ILS rose 0.37% to 4.0009.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.768.