Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.18%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which fell 3.35% or 870 points to trade at 25110 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.17% or 1320 points to end at 59590 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was down 1.85% or 4.6 points to 243.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 176 to 157 and 110 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.64% or 0.71 to $42.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.