Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Poalim (TA:POLI), which rose 0.67% or 16 points to trade at 2419 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 0.42% or 120 points to end at 29030 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 0.12% or 40 points to 32600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 2.34% or 1390 points to trade at 58050 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.94% or 21 points to end at 1061 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was down 1.88% or 75 points to 3905.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 210 to 140 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.08% or 1.35 to $63.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.46% or 1.01 to hit $68.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.03% or 13.70 to trade at $1341.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.95% to 3.5239, while EUR/ILS rose 0.78% to 4.3351.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.72.