Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.60% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.55% or 54 points to trade at 2173 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.12% or 2300 points to end at 110800 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 1.78% or 59 points to 3369 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 1.49% or 290 points to trade at 19140 in late trade. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 1.48% or 125 points to end at 8311 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 0.89% or 250 points to 27950.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 228 to 157 and 37 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.48% or 0.34 to $69.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.42% or 0.33 to hit $77.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1206.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.18% to 3.6065, while EUR/ILS fell 0.98% to 4.1757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.05.