Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 2.91% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which fell 0.66% or 50 points to trade at 7501 at the close. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) fell 0.89% or 500 points to end at 55530 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 1.07% or 16 points to 1475 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT), which lost 5.87% or 2050 points to trade at 32900 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 4.35% or 1420.0 points to end at 31250.0 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) shed 3.99% or 405 points to 9735.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 335 to 51 and 34 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.35% or 1.51 to $65.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.49% or 19.80 to trade at $1347.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.4862, while EUR/ILS rose 0.54% to 4.3068.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.10.