Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 1.37% or 330 points to trade at 24440 at the close. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 1.33% or 790 points to end at 60150 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was up 1.28% or 43 points to 3413 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.87% or 740 points to trade at 25000 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.46% or 74 points to end at 2936 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 2.31% or 2060 points to 87140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 223 to 155 and 80 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $49.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1229.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.6364, while EUR/ILS fell 0.01% to 3.9049.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.14.