Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.06% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 4.38% or 389.00 points to trade at 9,265.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 2.36% or 11.30 points to end at 489.70 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.83% or 60.00 points to 3,337.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 5.60% or 249.00 points to trade at 4,201.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 4.55% or 118.00 points to end at 2,477.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 4.03% or 138.00 points to 3,287.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 311 to 139 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.55% or 118.00 to 2,477.00. Shares in Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.03% or 138.00 to 3,287.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.89% or 0.78 to $87.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.60% or 0.55 to hit $91.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 6.65 to trade at $1,987.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 4.06, while EUR/ILS rose 0.50% to 4.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 105.73.