Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.40%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate , Financials and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.40% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ), which rose 4.26% or 190.00 points to trade at 4,645.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS ) added 0.98% or 130.00 points to end at 13,330.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ) was up 0.94% or 570.00 points to 61,490.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ), which fell 4.48% or 3,470.00 points to trade at 73,980.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ) declined 4.36% or 37.90 points to end at 831.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ) was down 3.58% or 179.00 points to 4,827.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 351 to 87 and 101 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.85% or 1.25 to $69.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.63% or 1.17 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 4.00 to trade at $2,606.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.99% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS rose 1.41% to 4.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 100.42.

Source: Investing.com