Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 1.02% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which rose 1.08% or 37 points to trade at 3448 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) added 0.73% or 34 points to end at 4699 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 0.66% or 390 points to 59710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 2.68% or 410 points to trade at 14890 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 2.42% or 420.0 points to end at 16910.0 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 2.27% or 570 points to 24510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 177 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.84% or 0.40 to $48.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.20 to trade at $1243.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.48% to 3.6344, while EUR/ILS fell 0.35% to 3.9246.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 99.59.