Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Biomed, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 1.95% or 310 points to trade at 16190 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 1.60% or 260 points to end at 16470 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was up 1.36% or 9.3 points to 692.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.73% or 600 points to trade at 34080 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 0.75% or 5.7 points to end at 758.0 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 0.68% or 24 points to 3519.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 162 and 85 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.46% or 1.06 to $44.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.60% or 1.18 to hit $46.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.85% or 11.15 to trade at $1328.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.7636, while EUR/ILS fell 0.63% to 4.1985.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.87.