Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TASE:MLSR), which rose 3.42% or 580 points to trade at 17560 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) added 2.02% or 189 points to end at 9540 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was up 1.19% or 240 points to 20480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 3.97% or 420 points to trade at 10160 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 2.93% or 2520 points to end at 83480 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 2.55% or 152 points to 5799.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 250 to 130 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) rose to all time highs; up 2.02% or 189 to 9540.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.43% or 0.27 to $63.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $72.24 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1275.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.5825, while EUR/ILS rose 0.37% to 4.0009.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.768.