Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT), which rose 5.50% or 154 points to trade at 2955 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.29% or 1490 points to end at 66500 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.31% or 78 points to 6018 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 3.75% or 3450 points to trade at 88540 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 2.89% or 57 points to end at 1915 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was down 2.12% or 6.5 points to 299.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 211 to 164 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.94% or 0.55 to $59.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.34 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1302.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.32% to 3.6063, while EUR/ILS rose 0.43% to 4.0873.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.037.