Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.94% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mazor Robotics (TA:MZOR), which rose 0.37% or 40 points to trade at 10990 at the close. Strauss Group (TA:STRS) fell 0.15% or 13 points to end at 8397 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was down 0.43% or 8 points to 1841 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which lost 4.53% or 342 points to trade at 7209 in late trade. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 4.43% or 132 points to end at 2850 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 3.90% or 4100 points to 100900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 300 to 67 and 36 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $51.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.87% or 1.15 to hit $60.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.10 to trade at $1242.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.13% to 3.7696, while EUR/ILS fell 0.02% to 4.2629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.910.