Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.10% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 3.09% or 195 points to trade at 6514 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 1.63% or 330 points to end at 20580 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.44% or 200 points to 14070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.29% or 1550 points to trade at 66130 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.87% or 29 points to end at 1519 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.65% or 48 points to 2864.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 191 and 31 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.65% or 0.33 to $50.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.62% or 0.33 to hit $53.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1254.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.6277, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 3.8651.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 100.48.