Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 3.04% or 480 points to trade at 16290 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 1.73% or 94 points to end at 5533 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.07% or 160 points to 15130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which lost 2.38% or 17.0 points to trade at 697.0 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 2.20% or 340 points to end at 15110 and International (TA:FTIN) shed 1.57% or 84 points to 5265.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 187 to 151 and 119 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.37% or 0.22 to $59.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.88% or 0.58 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1187.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.8587, while EUR/ILS fell 0.54% to 4.3019.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 95.12.