Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.65% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 6.87% or 90 points to trade at 1400 at the close. Avner Oil Exploration LP (TA:AVNRp) added 6.14% or 15.1 points to end at 260.9 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 4.59% or 3710 points to 84500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Partner (TA:PTNR), which lost 3.53% or 69 points to trade at 1886 in late trade. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) declined 0.82% or 170 points to end at 20480 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 0.75% or 160 points to 21160.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 248 to 157 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $47.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $50.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1228.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.6006, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 3.9360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 99.05.