Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which rose 0.66% or 31 points to trade at 4711 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 0.36% or 50 points to end at 13940 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was up 0.19% or 15 points to 7852 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which fell 2.63% or 8.0 points to trade at 296.5 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.13% or 2400 points to end at 110100 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 2.09% or 34 points to 1593.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 187 to 128 and 138 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.48% or 1.41 to $55.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.44% or 1.51 to hit $60.55 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.30 to trade at $1167.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.7660, while EUR/ILS fell 0.01% to 4.1829.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.38.