Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 0.14% or 30 points to trade at 20730 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) fell 0.38% or 6 points to end at 1580 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 0.49% or 30 points to 6051 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which fell 2.94% or 131 points to trade at 4319 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.23% or 1560 points to end at 68390 and Nice (TA:NICE) was down 2.06% or 500 points to 23800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 91 and 124 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $49.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.65 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.71% or 9.10 to trade at $1285.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.8560, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 4.3578.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 94.31.