Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 1.71% or 63 points to trade at 3745 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 1.66% or 56 points to end at 3434 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.64% or 70 points to 4333 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 5.47% or 1110 points to trade at 19180 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 4.75% or 1740 points to end at 34910 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 2.74% or 460 points to 16330.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 169 to 152 and 128 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.65% or 0.29 to $44.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.69% or 0.31 to hit $45.32 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.43% or 18.25 to trade at $1290.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.7884, while EUR/ILS rose 0.35% to 4.3372.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 93.83.