Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which rose 14.67% or 2870 points to trade at 22430 at the close. Meanwhile, Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL) added 6.19% or 4.1 points to end at 70.3 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 4.12% or 279 points to 7049 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT), which fell 2.35% or 38 points to trade at 1576 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.69% or 38 points to end at 2213 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 1.61% or 1200 points to 73300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 243 to 169 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.16% or 0.89 to $42.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.55% or 0.69 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 11.75 to trade at $2029.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.4072, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.0047.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.495.