Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 6.25% or 16.0 points to trade at 272.0 at the close. Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) added 2.76% or 1120 points to end at 41750 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.81% or 1200 points to 67640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 1.27% or 81 points to trade at 6322 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.02% or 180 points to end at 17430 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) shed 0.92% or 19 points to 2046.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 229 to 134 and 41 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $64.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $71.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1277.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.5929, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 4.0419.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.132.