Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.51% or 104 points to trade at 2410 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 2.48% or 126 points to end at 5210 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was up 2.23% or 1280 points to 58620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which lost 0.82% or 12 points to trade at 1453 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 0.65% or 200 points to end at 30360 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) shed 0.60% or 42 points to 6901.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 263 to 124 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $51.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.17% or 0.67 to hit $57.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.58 to trade at $1282.42 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.01% to 3.4916, while EUR/ILS fell 0.62% to 4.1130.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.