Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which rose 5.49% or 143.00 points to trade at 2,750.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) added 3.59% or 360.00 points to end at 10,380.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 2.40% or 77.00 points to 3,281.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 5.15% or 320.00 points to trade at 5,888.00 at the close. Melisron (TASE:MLSR) declined 2.59% or 630.00 points to end at 23,660.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was down 2.49% or 4,230.00 points to 165,600.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 304 to 169 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.40% or 1.71 to $73.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.05% or 1.54 to hit $76.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 9.90 to trade at $2,034.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.63, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.09% to 4.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 100.97.