Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 2.11% or 1190 points to trade at 57700 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) added 1.14% or 590 points to end at 52290 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 0.98% or 35 points to 3612 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 3.76% or 520 points to trade at 13320 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 2.97% or 1440 points to end at 47100 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 2.22% or 240 points to 10560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 269 to 119 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.61% or 0.89 to $56.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.27% or 0.77 to hit $61.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 4.05 to trade at $1468.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.4777, while EUR/ILS rose 0.73% to 3.8519.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 97.835.