Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.10% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 2.95% or 101 points to trade at 3530 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.59% or 98 points to end at 3883 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.21% or 2.6 points to 216.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which lost 2.54% or 21.5 points to trade at 826.0 in late trade. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 2.11% or 520 points to end at 24130 and Poalim (TA:POLI) shed 1.49% or 29 points to 1921.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 148 and 112 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 4.33% or 1.66 to $36.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 4.19% or 1.69 to hit $38.64 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.91% or 11.30 to trade at $1224.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.69% to 3.7771, while EUR/ILS rose 0.75% to 4.3030.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 94.58.