Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology , Insurance and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE: BEZQ ), which rose 3.27% or 18.00 points to trade at 568.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE: ILCO ) added 2.65% or 2,710.00 points to end at 104,890.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE: ELTR ) was up 2.24% or 4,410.00 points to 201,400.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE: CAMT ), which fell 4.93% or 1,640.00 points to trade at 31,600.00 at the close. Nova (TASE: NVMI ) declined 4.19% or 3,410.00 points to end at 77,950.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE: TSEM ) was down 2.70% or 510.00 points to 18,390.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 217 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE: BEZQ ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.27% or 18.00 to 568.00. Shares in Israel Corp (TASE: ILCO ) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.65% or 2,710.00 to 104,890.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.86% or 1.41 to $77.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.65% or 1.32 to hit $81.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 33.76 to trade at $2,681.24 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.54% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS fell 1.03% to 3.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 109.86.