Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp), which rose 3.20% or 26 points to trade at 852 at the close. Meanwhile, Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) added 2.93% or 1.8 points to end at 63.2 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 2.57% or 1230 points to 49110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 3.28% or 430 points to trade at 12660 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) declined 2.09% or 72 points to end at 3371 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was down 1.89% or 490 points to 25370.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 221 to 180 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $61.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1517.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.4600, while EUR/ILS rose 0.45% to 3.8804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.320.