Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 2.09% 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 lost 2.09% to hit a new 6-months low.

The best performers of the session on the were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:), which rose 4.32% or 2,850.00 points to trade at 68,850.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) added 0.75% or 120.00 points to end at 16,100.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 166,000.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Maytronics (TASE:), which fell 8.23% or 488.00 points to trade at 5,440.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:) declined 5.01% or 94.00 points to end at 1,781.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:) was down 4.94% or 43.40 points to 835.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 445 to 52 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in OPKO Health Inc (TASE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.94% or 43.40 to 835.00.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.48% or 0.58 to $121.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.54% or 0.66 to hit $122.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.21% or 41.50 to trade at $1,834.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.73% to 3.45, while EUR/ILS rose 1.08% to 3.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 104.74.