Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 4.44% or 72 points to trade at 1695 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) added 2.10% or 520 points to end at 25330 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was up 2.03% or 43 points to 2160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 3.91% or 17.0 points to trade at 418.0 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.80% or 3100 points to end at 107700 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 2.66% or 57 points to 2085.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 195 to 195 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.50% or 0.35 to $70.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.82% or 0.64 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.10 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.6121, while EUR/ILS rose 0.58% to 4.2000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 95.00.