Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 2.01% or 1360 points to trade at 69000 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TA:HARL) added 0.33% or 9 points to end at 2716 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to 92300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which fell 1.44% or 2.6 points to trade at 177.9 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) declined 1.31% or 79 points to end at 5955 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was down 1.16% or 30 points to 2548.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 191 to 162 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.75% or 1.76 to $65.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.40% or 2.45 to hit $74.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1276.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.5932, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 4.0460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 96.942.