Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 3.56% or 117 points to trade at 3400 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.34% or 340 points to end at 14900 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.15% or 5.7 points to 271.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 19.50% or 860 points to trade at 3550 in late trade. International (TA:FTIN) declined 0.53% or 30 points to end at 5620 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) shed 0.27% or 2.0 points to 730.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 273 to 91 and 81 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.24% or 0.13 to $53.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.10 to trade at $1152.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.57% to 3.8650, while EUR/ILS rose 0.51% to 4.0560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 102.37.