Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which rose 5.27% or 61.00 points to trade at 1,218.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) added 2.07% or 180.00 points to end at 8,859.00 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was up 1.08% or 270.00 points to 25,300.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 3.96% or 6,240.00 points to trade at 151,260.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 3.07% or 98.00 points to end at 3,097.00 and Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) was down 2.28% or 310.00 points to 13,310.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 276 to 201 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.82% or 1.97 to $110.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.75% or 1.95 to hit $113.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 5.00 to trade at $1,806.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.60% to 3.50, while EUR/ILS fell 0.64% to 3.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 104.98.