Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Communication, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 3.23% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL), which rose 3.47% or 1680 points to trade at 50060 at the close. Meanwhile, Shufersal (TASE:SAE) fell 1.46% or 36 points to end at 2424 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was down 1.74% or 89 points to 5019 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 6.72% or 47 points to trade at 648 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 5.44% or 13.0 points to end at 226.0 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was down 5.29% or 900 points to 16110.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 337 to 59 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.53% or 1.40 to $53.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $58.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.87% or 28.25 to trade at $1536.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.5093, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 3.9116.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 97.550.