Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 2.14% or 1380 points to trade at 66000 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.52% or 70 points to end at 4671 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.01% or 210 points to 21060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.69% or 620 points to trade at 36140 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.61% or 310 points to end at 19000 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) shed 1.50% or 560 points to 36720.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 173 to 165 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.27% or 1.06 to $45.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.25% or 1.07 to hit $46.54 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.55 to trade at $1330.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.47% to 3.8519, while EUR/ILS fell 0.02% to 4.2622.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.56.