The Palestine Exchange (PEX) closed on Monday at 0.21% decline, shedding 1.08 points and closing at 503.85, falling below the level of 504 points.

The general index fell to 267.73 points, inching down 0.18% or 0.47 points.

Trading volume reached 282.589 THD shares, at a turnover of $554.58 THD, traded through 114 transactions by 16 companies, of which three gained, five dropped and eight remained unchanged.

On the sectors level, the investment, the insurance, the industrial, the bank and the services indices dropped by 0.43%, 0.20%, 0.15%, 0.12% and 0.11% respectively.

The top two gainers were: Ahleia Insurance Group by 8% and The Vegetable Oil Industries Co by 0.53%. Whereas, the top three decliners were: Golden Wheat Mills PLC by 3.75%, Wataniya Palestine Mobile Telecommunications by 2.6% and Arab Islamic Bank by 1.8%.