Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate , Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE: TEVA ), which rose 2.93% or 158.00 points to trade at 5,557.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE: ENOG ) added 2.57% or 108.00 points to end at 4,311.00 and Israel Corp (TASE: ILCO ) was up 2.55% or 2,900.00 points to 116,500.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TASE: HARL ), which fell 2.57% or 157.00 points to trade at 5,946.00 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE: BIG ) declined 2.27% or 1,240.00 points to end at 53,410.00 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI ) was down 2.00% or 106.00 points to 5,194.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 271 to 184 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Corp (TASE: ILCO ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.55% or 2,900.00 to 116,500.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.46% or 0.92 to $62.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.53% or 1.01 to hit $64.79 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.28% or 42.11 to trade at $3,340.51 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.62, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.02% to 4.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 99.05.