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 35 lost 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.06% or 120 points to trade at 11400 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.01% or 210 points to end at 21080 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 0.76% or 0.5 points to 66.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which fell 2.45% or 37 points to trade at 1475 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 2.32% or 3.4 points to end at 143.3 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 2.30% or 44 points to 1866.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 236 to 132 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.17% or 1.10 to $49.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1285.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.22% to 3.6799, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 3.9366.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 99.66.