Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Biomed, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 2.07% or 350 points to trade at 17260 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 1.43% or 108 points to end at 7672 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was up 0.73% or 250.0 points to 34450.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Partner (TA:PTNR), which fell 2.45% or 41 points to trade at 1630 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.17% or 24 points to end at 1082 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was down 2.07% or 750 points to 35500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 240 to 145 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.73% or 250.0 to 34450.0.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.99% or 0.68 to $67.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.31 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.93% or 12.40 to trade at $1325.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.5416, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.3296.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 90.55.