Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Real Estate, Communication and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 2.88% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 9.43% or 1250 points to trade at 14500 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) added 0.72% or 2 points to end at 266 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was up 0.27% or 50 points to 18540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which fell 13.51% or 2530 points to trade at 16200 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 7.25% or 610 points to end at 7800 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 7.23% or 2210 points to 28350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 306 to 73 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) fell to 5-year lows; down 7.23% or 2210 to 28350.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.34% or 0.52 to $38.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $40.93 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 14.20 to trade at $1784.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.4310, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 3.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.460.