Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT), which rose 1.81% or 38.00 points to trade at 2,140.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) added 1.03% or 240.00 points to end at 23,520.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 0.99% or 66.00 points to 6,758.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 6.56% or 398.00 points to trade at 5,665.00 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 5.50% or 2,330.00 points to end at 40,020.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was down 4.09% or 359.00 points to 8,425.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 359 to 132 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.44% or 1.10 to $77.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.73% or 0.61 to hit $84.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 11.05 to trade at $1,742.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.49% to 3.44, while EUR/ILS rose 0.29% to 3.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 106.25.