Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 1.80% or 35 points to trade at 1979 at the close. Meanwhile, Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) added 0.78% or 0.5 points to end at 64.8 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.57% or 35 points to 6157 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellcom (TA:CEL), which fell 3.63% or 149 points to trade at 3960 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 3.42% or 81 points to end at 2286 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 3.29% or 420 points to 12350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 269 to 114 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) rose to all time highs; rising 0.57% or 35 to 6157.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $53.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $55.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.35 to trade at $1228.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.60% to 3.6744, while EUR/ILS fell 0.82% to 3.8941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.52.