Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.64%

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 35 fell 0.64%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ), which rose 4.37% or 207.00 points to trade at 4,940.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE ) added 3.94% or 106.00 points to end at 2,796.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ) was up 3.71% or 32.00 points to 894.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ), which fell 5.74% or 2,070.00 points to trade at 34,000.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI ) declined 2.50% or 2,060.00 points to end at 80,250.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI ) was down 2.41% or 370.00 points to 14,980.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 247 to 183 and 109 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.15% or 2.36 to $77.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.58% or 2.02 to hit $80.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 6.60 to trade at $2,552.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 4.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.63.

Source: Investing.com