Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 3.02% or 83 points to trade at 2830 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) added 1.60% or 22 points to end at 1397 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI) was up 1.40% or 47 points to 3406 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 3.18% or 281 points to trade at 8550 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 2.64% or 790 points to end at 29130 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was down 2.60% or 13.6 points to 508.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 362 to 129 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.77% or 0.61 to $78.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.87% or 0.71 to hit $81.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.95 to trade at $1794.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 1.11% to 3.1393, while EUR/ILS rose 0.86% to 3.5573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.940.