Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication 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 Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which rose 4.37% or 207.00 points to trade at 4,940.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) added 3.94% or 106.00 points to end at 2,796.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 3.71% or 32.00 points to 894.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 5.74% or 2,070.00 points to trade at 34,000.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 2.50% or 2,060.00 points to end at 80,250.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 2.41% or 370.00 points to 14,980.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 247 to 183 and 109 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.15% or 2.36 to $77.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.58% or 2.02 to hit $80.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 6.60 to trade at $2,552.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 4.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.63.