Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Financials 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 Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 0.88% or 150 points to trade at 17100 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 0.55% or 6 points to end at 1091 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 0.51% or 35 points to 6920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 4.31% or 14.7 points to trade at 326.3 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) declined 1.78% or 155 points to end at 8544 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was down 1.66% or 78 points to 4622.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 158 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $54.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $62.90 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1279.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.6963, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.2009.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.998.