Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.50% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 3.52% or 1180 points to trade at 34660 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.31% or 25 points to end at 1106 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) was up 1.61% or 120 points to 7564 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 6.26% or 631 points to trade at 9449 in late trade. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 1.89% or 700 points to end at 36250 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) shed 0.87% or 200 points to 22910.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 172 and 29 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $68.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $73.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 11.30 to trade at $1337.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.5300, while EUR/ILS fell 0.12% to 4.3372.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 90.08.