Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Real Estate and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 1.78% or 270 points to trade at 15420 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 1.53% or 100 points to end at 6620 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 1.11% or 0.5 points to 45.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 3.36% or 1060 points to trade at 30490 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 2.53% or 410 points to end at 15810 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 2.08% or 36 points to 1692.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 227 to 169 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melisron (TA:MLSR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.53% or 410 to 15810.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.23% or 0.14 to $61.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1320.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.4458, while EUR/ILS fell 0.11% to 4.1272.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 92.01.