Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which rose 2.48% or 0.9 points to trade at 37.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) added 2.25% or 40 points to end at 1814 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was up 2.17% or 74 points to 3489 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 5.65% or 66 points to trade at 1103 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.41% or 360 points to end at 14580 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.08% or 4.0 points to 365.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 263 to 145 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.62% or 0.28 to $45.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1282.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.70% to 3.7361, while EUR/ILS fell 0.74% to 4.2738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.822.