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 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 3.38% or 121.00 points to trade at 3,703.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 2.34% or 106.00 points to end at 4,636.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 1.84% or 460.00 points to 25,500.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT), which fell 5.79% or 114.00 points to trade at 1,855.00 at the close. Leumi (TASE:LUMI) declined 3.46% or 98.00 points to end at 2,731.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 2.89% or 400.00 points to 13,450.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 261 to 198 and 85 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $75.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $80.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 7.25 to trade at $2,010.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.59% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS fell 0.65% to 4.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.32.