Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.01% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 0.82% or 49 points to trade at 6055 at the close. Shufersal (TA:SAE) added 0.62% or 16 points to end at 2614 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 0.60% or 34 points to 5735 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL), which lost 1.10% or 470 points to trade at 42250 in late trade. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 0.98% or 3.1 points to end at 313.2 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 0.93% or 890 points to 95300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 134 to 132 and 62 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.96% or 0.54 to $56.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.06% or 0.70 to hit $66.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.65 to trade at $1296.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.6194, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.0728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.273.