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

Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.

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

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which lost 4.48% or 3,470.00 points to trade at 73,980.00 in late trade. Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 4.36% or 37.90 points to end at 831.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) shed 3.58% or 179.00 points to 4,827.00.

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

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.87% or 1.27 to $69.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.66% or 1.19 to hit $72.80 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 0.98% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS rose 1.41% to 4.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 100.41.