Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.86% or 100 points to trade at 3596 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.85% or 570 points to end at 20600 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.64% or 430 points to 26720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 5.49% or 790 points to trade at 13600 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.93% or 27 points to end at 1373 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 1.89% or 5.0 points to 259.4.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 199 to 156 and 85 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $53.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $56.83 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.73% or 8.65 to trade at $1172.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.8454, while EUR/ILS fell 0.81% to 4.0488.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.77% at 102.17.