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 fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 1.93% or 340 points to trade at 17950 at the close. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 1.66% or 960 points to end at 58700 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.33% or 280 points to 21340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 2.63% or 53 points to trade at 1961 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.19% or 19 points to end at 1584 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 1.06% or 24 points to 2236.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 189 to 180 and 72 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.83% or 0.45 to $54.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.65 to trade at $1258.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.6925, while EUR/ILS fell 0.41% to 3.8977.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.12.