Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 8.86% or 2120 points to trade at 26040 at the close. Meanwhile, Avner L (TA:AVNRp) added 1.40% or 4.1 points to end at 296.0 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 1.29% or 20 points to 1570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 6.44% or 430 points to trade at 6250 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 3.53% or 860 points to end at 23500 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 2.79% or 170 points to 5930.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 185 to 149 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.43% or 0.69 to $47.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.08% or 1.14 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.81% or 8.80 to trade at $1094.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.22% to 3.7730, while EUR/ILS fell 0.16% to 4.1888.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.83% at 96.54.