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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.

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