Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 2.14% or 1380 points to trade at 66000 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.52% or 70 points to end at 4671 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.01% or 210 points to 21060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.69% or 620 points to trade at 36140 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.61% or 310 points to end at 19000 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 1.50% or 560 points to 36720.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 173 to 165 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.29% or 1.07 to $45.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.27% or 1.08 to hit $46.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1330.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.47% to 3.8519, while EUR/ILS fell 0.02% to 4.2622.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.56.