Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 8.77% or 387 points to trade at 4801 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 2.59% or 700 points to end at 27740 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 2.10% or 35 points to 1704 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which lost 3.25% or 6.0 points to trade at 178.8 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.35% or 720 points to end at 29920 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 1.72% or 1030 points to 58790.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 216 to 180 and 15 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $56.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.23% or 1.37 to hit $62.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 16.21 to trade at $1294.41 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.5150, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.1442.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.61.