Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 2.17% or 8.7 points to trade at 408.7 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) added 1.78% or 59 points to end at 3375 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.01% or 270 points to 27070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 3.18% or 52 points to trade at 1581 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 2.69% or 880.0 points to end at 31830.0 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) shed 1.77% or 155 points to 8586.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 166 and 40 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $64.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.77% or 2.86 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.00% or 26.20 to trade at $1282.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.6248, while EUR/ILS rose 0.60% to 4.2080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.45.