Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which rose 8.06% or 3610 points to trade at 48400 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.27% or 168 points to end at 7578 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 1.72% or 530 points to 31430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 3.56% or 2550 points to trade at 69000 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 3.18% or 72 points to end at 2190 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 3.08% or 48 points to 1512.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 160 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.31% or 0.20 to $64.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.10 to trade at $1341.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.4000, while EUR/ILS rose 0.73% to 4.1719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 90.19.