Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 6.32% or 79 points to trade at 1329 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 2.93% or 760 points to end at 26710 and Shufersal (TA:SAE) was up 1.76% or 41 points to 2365 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL), which fell 3.16% or 1300.00 points to trade at 39900.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.61% or 3100 points to end at 115600 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was down 2.44% or 64 points to 2562.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 242 to 121 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.65% or 0.48 to $73.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.84% or 0.71 to hit $83.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.31% or 15.80 to trade at $1189.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.6469, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.1845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 95.54.