Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.10% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.54% or 21.5 points to trade at 826.0 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 2.11% or 520 points to end at 24130 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was down 1.49% or 29 points to 1921.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 192 to 148 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 4.33% or 1.66 to $36.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.