Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 1.75% or 300 points to trade at 17470 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 1.68% or 108 points to end at 6550 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 1.19% or 33 points to 2813 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 11.35% or 2510 points to trade at 19610 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 5.31% or 66 points to end at 1177 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 3.09% or 1850 points to 58050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 255 to 115 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.79% or 0.48 to $61.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.13% or 0.72 to hit $64.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 18.50 to trade at $1323.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.79% to 3.4402, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 4.2396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.95.