Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.76% By Investing.com

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 0.76% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:), which rose 2.91% or 157.00 points to trade at 5,555.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:) added 2.87% or 33.00 points to end at 1,181.00 and Maytronics (TASE:) was up 2.86% or 173.00 points to 6,222.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:), which fell 5.09% or 9,950.00 points to trade at 185,550.00 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:) declined 4.55% or 870.00 points to end at 18,250.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:) was down 4.40% or 170.00 points to 3,692.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 307 to 191 and 32 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 5.64% or 5.76 to $96.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 5.58% or 5.92 to hit $100.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 2.01% or 38.90 to trade at $1,895.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.67% to 3.29, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.11% to 3.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 101.77.