Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.06% or 120 points to trade at 11400 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.01% or 210 points to end at 21080 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 0.76% or 0.5 points to 66.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 2.45% or 37 points to trade at 1475 in late trade. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 2.32% or 3.4 points to end at 143.3 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 2.30% or 44 points to 1866.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 236 to 132 and 46 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.17% or 1.10 to $49.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1285.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.22% to 3.6799, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 3.9366.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 99.66.