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 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 5.76% or 336.00 points to trade at 6,169.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 5.18% or 1,990.00 points to end at 40,380.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 1.46% or 15.00 points to 1,045.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT), which fell 4.23% or 77.00 points to trade at 1,743.00 at the close. Leumi (TASE:LUMI) declined 3.84% or 107.00 points to end at 2,683.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was down 3.57% or 90.00 points to 2,430.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 257 to 193 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leumi (TASE:LUMI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.84% or 107.00 to 2,683.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 6.55% or 4.96 to $80.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 6.30% or 5.03 to hit $84.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.07% or 21.35 to trade at $2,007.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 3.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 101.85.