Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.35% or 290 points to trade at 21710 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 0.46% or 20 points to end at 4410 and Nice (TA:NICE) was up 0.12% or 30 points to 24110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which fell 2.33% or 5.1 points to trade at 213.5 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.32% or 27 points to end at 1138 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 2.29% or 19.0 points to 810.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 179 to 134 and 139 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.71% or 0.31 to $43.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $44.96 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.98% or 12.05 to trade at $1242.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.30% to 3.7611, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.2375.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.69.