Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.66%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Real Estate and Communication sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.66%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which rose 2.27% or 120.00 points to trade at 5,415.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 1.40% or 740.00 points to end at 53,780.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 0.99% or 800.00 points to 81,600.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which fell 3.69% or 19.90 points to trade at 518.70 at the close. Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) declined 3.03% or 193.00 points to end at 6,186.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 1.90% or 24.00 points to 1,238.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 284 to 171 and 41 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.17% or 0.97 to $82.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.04% or 0.90 to hit $85.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.20 to trade at $1,944.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.52% to 3.75, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 4.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 102.84.