Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.23% or 2250 points to trade at 72000 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.87% or 48 points to end at 1722 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.14% or 950 points to 84110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.52% or 84 points to trade at 3244 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.13% or 620 points to end at 28480 and Teva (TA:TEVA) shed 1.86% or 240 points to 12640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 215 to 139 and 87 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.05% or 1.07 to $53.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.38% or 1.29 to hit $55.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.67% or 8.00 to trade at $1209.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.46% to 3.7997, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.0688.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 100.77.