Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.24% or 51 points to trade at 2328 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 1.87% or 9.9 points to end at 540.0 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.66% or 440 points to 26970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 1.87% or 183 points to trade at 9578 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 1.59% or 330.0 points to end at 20400.0 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) shed 1.48% or 0.8 points to 53.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 226 to 162 and 22 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.77% or 1.30 to $45.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.88% or 1.42 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 8.98 to trade at $1254.48 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.40% to 3.5696, while EUR/ILS rose 0.67% to 4.1626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.78.