Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 7.55% or 393 points to trade at 5600 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 5.95% or 760 points to end at 13530 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 4.63% or 1330 points to 30050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 3.25% or 33 points to trade at 983 in late trade. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) declined 2.82% or 1340 points to end at 46120 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) shed 1.82% or 450.0 points to 24210.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 200 to 195 and 26 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.15% or 0.65 to $57.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.82% or 1.13 to hit $63.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1250.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.5248, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 4.1500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.84.