Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 5.63% or 2590 points to trade at 48600 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 4.43% or 77.00 points to end at 1815.00 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was up 4.28% or 38 points to 929 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which fell 2.56% or 6.2 points to trade at 236.0 at the close. Melisron (TASE:MLSR) declined 1.74% or 370 points to end at 20950 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was down 1.61% or 81 points to 4952.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 196 to 180 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.58% or 0.89 to $57.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.22% or 0.75 to hit $62.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.85 to trade at $1510.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.47% to 3.5110, while EUR/ILS fell 0.62% to 3.9131.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.225.