Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 2.69% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 3.01% or 2510 points to trade at 85830 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) fell 0.29% or 70 points to end at 24350 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was down 0.43% or 5 points to 1152 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 5.55% or 162 points to trade at 2758 at the close. Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) declined 5.44% or 840 points to end at 14590 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was down 5.41% or 385 points to 6730.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 450 to 42 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.55% or 162 to 2758.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 6.60% or 4.72 to $66.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 5.99% or 4.41 to hit $69.18 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.10 to trade at $1808.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.2983, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 3.8943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.793.