Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the fell 1.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:), which rose 4.26% or 190.00 points to trade at 4,645.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:) added 0.98% or 130.00 points to end at 13,330.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:) 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:), which fell 4.48% or 3,470.00 points to trade at 73,980.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:) declined 4.36% or 37.90 points to end at 831.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) 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.
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