Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 2.84% or 290 points to trade at 10490 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 2.43% or 6.3 points to end at 266.0 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 1.85% or 94 points to 5166 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1), which fell 3.10% or 65 points to trade at 2030 at the close. Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) declined 2.85% or 1210 points to end at 41290 and Harel (TA:HARL) was down 2.84% or 70 points to 2395.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 270 to 110 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Liveperson (TA:LPSN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.84% or 290 to 10490.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.14% or 0.08 to $59.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $66.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 9.05 to trade at $1327.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.33% to 3.6297, while EUR/ILS rose 0.32% to 4.1055.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.060.