Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 2.55% or 520 points to trade at 20920 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) added 1.79% or 680 points to end at 38680 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.35% or 1110 points to 83110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.71% or 390 points to trade at 14010 in late trade. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 2.20% or 310 points to end at 13750 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 1.15% or 700 points to 60300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 182 to 160 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.23% or 0.63 to $51.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.91% or 0.49 to hit $54.43 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.82% or 9.60 to trade at $1179.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.32% to 3.8167, while EUR/ILS fell 0.25% to 4.0716.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 100.75.