Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 7.28% or 699 points to trade at 10300 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 1.09% or 450 points to end at 41650 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was up 0.94% or 56 points to 6006 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.21% or 129 points to trade at 5701 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 1.82% or 17 points to end at 901 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) shed 1.16% or 2.2 points to 187.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 151 and 31 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.11% or 0.63 to $56.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.92% or 0.61 to hit $65.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.98% or 12.65 to trade at $1298.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.6298, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.0812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 97.322.