Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.78% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 0.15% or 11 points to trade at 7551 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to end at 31200 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was down 0.29% or 80.0 points to 27340.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 4.42% or 126 points to trade at 2723 in late trade. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 4.27% or 500 points to end at 11200 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 3.78% or 2300 points to 58560.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 343 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.11% or 0.73 to $65.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.51% or 1.05 to hit $68.60 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 12.20 to trade at $1335.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.82% to 3.4568, while EUR/ILS rose 0.60% to 4.3095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 89.04.