Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 6.93% or 5,420.00 points to trade at 83,650.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 4.16% or 1,380.00 points to end at 34,570.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.56% or 87.00 points to 3,489.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which lost 7.64% or 4,860.00 points to trade at 58,740.00 in late trade. Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) declined 1.71% or 470.00 points to end at 26,970.00 and Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) shed 1.50% or 200.00 points to 13,130.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 277 to 161 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.04% or 0.79 to $76.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.39% or 0.31 to hit $79.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 7.30 to trade at $2,470.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.36% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS fell 1.38% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.97.