Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 2.97% or 68 points to trade at 2360 at the close. Cellcom (TA:CEL) added 2.68% or 105 points to end at 4023 and Airport City (TA:ARPT) was up 1.13% or 49 points to 4383 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 2.46% or 42 points to trade at 1662 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.72% or 1230 points to end at 70170 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 0.99% or 310 points to 31120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 216 to 146 and 79 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.48% or 0.26 to $54.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.63% or 0.35 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1238.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.7072, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 3.9375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.83.