Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Biomed and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.72% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.52% or 25.3 points to trade at 585.3 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 3.65% or 950.0 points to end at 26950.0 and Shufersal (TA:SAE) was up 2.65% or 64 points to 2475 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 1.97% or 33 points to trade at 1646 in late trade. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 1.12% or 24 points to end at 2113 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) shed 0.89% or 140 points to 15600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 266 to 132 and 37 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.08% or 0.71 to $66.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $70.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 14.50 to trade at $1348.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.11% to 3.3904, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 4.2148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 88.87.