Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 0.23% or 30 points to trade at 13030 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) fell 0.18% or 30 points to end at 17070 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 0.47% or 130 points to 27800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 2.72% or 2260 points to trade at 80950 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 2.52% or 32 points to end at 1237 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was down 2.41% or 5.8 points to 234.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 176 to 157 and 81 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.35% or 0.72 to $52.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.04% or 0.58 to hit $55.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 8.85 to trade at $1199.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.7740, while EUR/ILS fell 0.07% to 4.0336.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.45.