Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 3.36% or 33 points to trade at 1008 at the close. Meanwhile, Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) added 2.95% or 1.4 points to end at 48.8 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.80% or 85 points to 4812 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.90% or 15.2 points to trade at 509.2 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) declined 2.89% or 1530 points to end at 51490 and Harel (TA:HARL) was down 2.85% or 70 points to 2382.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 182 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $53.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $60.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.36 to trade at $1276.16 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.27% to 3.5260, while EUR/ILS fell 0.11% to 4.0983.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.53.