Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 8.13% or 175 points to trade at 2328 at the close. First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 2.64% or 164 points to end at 6367 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 1.99% or 450 points to 23120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 3.05% or 810 points to trade at 25750 in late trade. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 1.65% or 230 points to end at 13750 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 1.08% or 21 points to 1916.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 234 to 164 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.20% or 0.58 to $47.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.19% or 0.60 to hit $50.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 10.10 to trade at $1280.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.5466, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 4.0018.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 96.61.