Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.96% or 74 points to trade at 3849 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 0.82% or 300 points to end at 36760 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 0.81% or 140 points to 17450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 1.14% or 240 points to trade at 20850 in late trade. Avner L (TA:AVNRp) declined 1.04% or 2.7 points to end at 257.3 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 0.79% or 11 points to 1385.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 189 to 138 and 111 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $46.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.29% or 0.61 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.70 to trade at $1337.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.51% to 3.8701, while EUR/ILS fell 0.43% to 4.2632.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 96.70.