Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.40% or 820 points to trade at 35020 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 2.38% or 370 points to end at 15920 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.94% or 300 points to 15800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which lost 3.35% or 870 points to trade at 25110 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.17% or 1320 points to end at 59590 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 1.85% or 4.6 points to 243.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 176 to 157 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.64% or 0.71 to $42.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.65% or 0.74 to hit $44.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.98% or 11.95 to trade at $1212.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.8528, while EUR/ILS fell 0.84% to 4.1308.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.18% at 100.16.