Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.78% or 23.5 points to trade at 515.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 3.64% or 177 points to end at 5042 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.06% or 20 points to 1015 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 2.88% or 380 points to trade at 12820 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) declined 2.39% or 600 points to end at 24500 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was down 2.38% or 57 points to 2343.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 158 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.98% or 1.17 to $57.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $63.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.96 to trade at $1294.26 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.30% to 3.5002, while EUR/ILS fell 0.38% to 4.1730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.69.