Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 1.39%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the declined 1.39%.

The best performers of the session on the were Perrigo (TASE:), which rose 1.94% or 390 points to trade at 20500 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:) added 1.19% or 22 points to end at 1877 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) was up 0.94% or 39 points to 4204 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:), which fell 5.88% or 41 points to trade at 654 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:) declined 4.10% or 23 points to end at 535 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:) was down 3.94% or 57 points to 1390.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 256 to 133 and 22 ended unchanged.

Shares in Delek Drilling LP (TASE:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.88% or 41 to 654.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.16% or 0.59 to $50.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.87% or 0.48 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.90 to trade at $1573.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.4287, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 3.7531.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 98.593.

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