Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 2.28% or 61 points to trade at 2737 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.23% or 330 points to end at 15150 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 2.17% or 1310 points to 61700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which lost 1.55% or 8.6 points to trade at 545.0 in late trade. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 1.15% or 76 points to end at 6520 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) shed 1.14% or 20 points to 1728.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 255 to 148 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.73% or 0.45 to $61.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.51% or 0.35 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1320.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.60% to 3.4318, while EUR/ILS fell 0.84% to 4.1316.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 91.75.