Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Communication and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which rose 2.53% or 84 points to trade at 3399 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TA:HARL) added 1.43% or 38 points to end at 2690 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.30% or 510 points to 39810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 2.19% or 610 points to trade at 27210 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.62% or 34 points to end at 2071 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 1.41% or 31 points to 2175.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 205 to 177 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.72% or 2.60 to $67.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.70% or 2.79 to hit $72.54 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1240.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.6296, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.2499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.31.