Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT), which rose 4.75% or 291.00 points to trade at 6,415.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 3.93% or 49.00 points to end at 1,297.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 3.07% or 2,690.00 points to 90,200.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE), which fell 2.06% or 124.00 points to trade at 5,900.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.99% or 111.00 points to end at 5,457.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 1.66% or 290.00 points to 17,160.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 284 to 185 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nova (TASE:NVMI) rose to all time highs; rising 3.07% or 2,690.00 to 90,200.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.86% or 1.44 to $75.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.51% or 1.22 to hit $79.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 21.59 to trade at $2,727.11 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.57, while EUR/ILS rose 1.44% to 3.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.02% at 108.08.