Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 1.64% or 34 points to trade at 2107 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 1.62% or 190 points to end at 11900 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 1.16% or 23 points to 2010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 1.87% or 270 points to trade at 14200 in late trade. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 1.30% or 2.2 points to end at 167.4 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 1.23% or 270 points to 21630.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 182 to 170 and 43 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $57.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $63.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1257.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.5136, while EUR/ILS fell 0.44% to 4.1286.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.46.