Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which rose 2.00% or 990 points to trade at 50390 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 1.44% or 92 points to end at 6500 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.01% or 500 points to 50100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 2.09% or 1900 points to trade at 89000 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) declined 1.86% or 400 points to end at 21080 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was down 1.80% or 102 points to 5554.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 236 to 150 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.01% or 500 to 50100.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.19% or 0.12 to $63.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $71.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.75 to trade at $1281.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.6141, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 4.0381.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.653.