Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.91% or 65 points to trade at 1389 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 2.05% or 135 points to end at 6705 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.54% or 250 points to 16500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT), which lost 3.42% or 95 points to trade at 2685 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 2.96% or 2940 points to end at 96450 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) shed 2.17% or 870 points to 39310.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 181 and 43 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.69% or 0.89 to $51.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.83% or 1.13 to hit $60.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1287.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.6729, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.2124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.252.