Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 7.69% or 71 points to trade at 994 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 6.94% or 3540 points to end at 54540 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 5.53% or 93 points to 1775 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melisron (TA:MLSR), which lost 6.14% or 1070 points to trade at 16350 in late trade. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) declined 4.78% or 1260 points to end at 25100 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) shed 4.36% or 850 points to 18650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 213 to 169 and 35 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.64% or 0.95 to $58.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.16 to trade at $1288.04 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.02% to 3.5106, while EUR/ILS rose 0.68% to 4.1890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 92.72.