Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.22%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE: ESLT ), which rose 3.56% or 4,930.00 points to trade at 143,330.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NICE Ltd (TASE: NICE ) added 2.41% or 1,400.00 points to end at 59,550.00 and Shufersal (TASE: SAE ) was up 1.52% or 55.00 points to 3,680.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE: PHOE ), which fell 3.25% or 259.00 points to trade at 7,710.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE: ICL ) declined 3.22% or 78.00 points to end at 2,342.00 and Harel (TASE: HARL ) was down 2.78% or 184.00 points to 6,446.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 288 to 167 and 82 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.13% or 0.08 to $61.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $65.29 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.62% or 51.49 to trade at $3,238.79 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.54, while EUR/ILS rose 0.56% to 3.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 100.12.