Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which rose 1.85% or 20 points to trade at 1100 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 1.67% or 300 points to end at 18250 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 1.13% or 4.3 points to 383.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which fell 3.35% or 600 points to trade at 17290 at the close. Matrix (TASE:MTRX) declined 3.30% or 295 points to end at 8638 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI) was down 3.21% or 57 points to 1720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 256 to 140 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.13% or 4.3 to 383.3.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.40% or 0.17 to $42.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.46% or 0.21 to hit $45.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 4.15 to trade at $1979.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.19% to 3.3508, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.0026.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.097.