Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 declined 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 3.56% or 117 points to trade at 3400 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.34% or 340 points to end at 14900 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.15% or 5.7 points to 271.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 19.50% or 860 points to trade at 3550 at the close. First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) declined 0.53% or 30 points to end at 5620 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 0.27% or 2.0 points to 730.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 273 to 91 and 81 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.24% or 0.13 to $53.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.10 to trade at $1152.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.57% to 3.8650, while EUR/ILS rose 0.51% to 4.0560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 102.37.