Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.86% or 100 points to trade at 3596 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 2.85% or 570 points to end at 20600 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.64% or 430 points to 26720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 5.49% or 790 points to trade at 13600 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.93% or 27 points to end at 1373 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was down 1.89% or 5.0 points to 259.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 199 to 156 and 85 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $53.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $56.83 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.73% or 8.65 to trade at $1172.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.8454, while EUR/ILS fell 0.81% to 4.0488.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.77% at 102.17.