Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which rose 1.76% or 470 points to trade at 27170 at the close. Meanwhile, Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) added 0.75% or 39 points to end at 5238 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TASE:GZT) was up 0.67% or 25 points to 3759 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp), which fell 1.57% or 14 points to trade at 848 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 1.28% or 3.7 points to end at 286.3 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was down 1.27% or 56.00 points to 4351.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 158 to 157 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.91% or 0.54 to $58.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.95% or 0.61 to hit $63.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.95 to trade at $1467.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.4731, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 3.8426.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.620.