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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 2.33%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE: ORA ), which rose 1.59% or 460.00 points to trade at 29,450.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE: DLEKG ) added 0.29% or 210.00 points to end at 73,000.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE: ESLT ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 148,200.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE: NICE ), which fell 7.85% or 4,360.00 points to trade at 51,210.00 at the close. Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE: PHOE ) declined 4.95% or 530.00 points to end at 10,170.00 and Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd (TASE: CLIS ) was down 4.38% or 760.00 points to 16,600.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 360 to 102 and 76 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.82% or 1.88 to $68.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.51% or 1.72 to hit $70.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 38.30 to trade at $3,364.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.76% to 3.33, while EUR/ILS rose 0.67% to 3.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.53.