Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.24% or 51 points to trade at 2328 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 1.87% or 9.9 points to end at 540.0 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.66% or 440 points to 26970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 1.87% or 183 points to trade at 9578 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 1.59% or 330.0 points to end at 20400.0 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was down 1.48% or 0.8 points to 53.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 226 to 162 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.77% or 1.30 to $45.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.88% or 1.42 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 8.98 to trade at $1254.48 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.40% to 3.5696, while EUR/ILS rose 0.67% to 4.1626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.78.