Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.60% or 55 points to trade at 1251 at the close. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) added 2.04% or 159 points to end at 7949 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 1.82% or 19 points to 1064 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which lost 2.06% or 154 points to trade at 7326 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 1.51% or 590 points to end at 38500 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 1.36% or 350 points to 25340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 235 to 113 and 23 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.43% or 0.29 to $67.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $77.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.30 to trade at $1235.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.6937, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 4.2128.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.16.