Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.62%

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 declined 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:), which rose 1.64% or 7.90 points to trade at 491.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:) added 1.01% or 100.00 points to end at 9,975.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) was up 0.56% or 25.00 points to 4,499.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:), which fell 2.82% or 680.00 points to trade at 23,460.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:) declined 2.52% or 65.00 points to end at 2,510.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:) was down 2.32% or 104.00 points to 4,380.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 238 to 225 and 74 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.89% or 0.64 to $71.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.62% or 0.48 to hit $76.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 21.15 to trade at $2,032.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.67, while EUR/ILS fell 0.21% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 104.46.