Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 1.78% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 0.15% or 11 points to trade at 7551 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to end at 31200 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was down 0.29% or 80.0 points to 27340.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TA:HARL), which fell 4.42% or 126 points to trade at 2723 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 4.27% or 500 points to end at 11200 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 3.78% or 2300 points to 58560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 343 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.11% or 0.73 to $65.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.51% or 1.05 to hit $68.60 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 12.20 to trade at $1335.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.82% to 3.4568, while EUR/ILS rose 0.60% to 4.3095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 89.04.