Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Biomed and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 4.54% or 334 points to trade at 7690 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 3.67% or 600 points to end at 16950 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) was up 2.59% or 90 points to 3570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which lost 0.77% or 0.3 points to trade at 38.7 in late trade. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 0.70% or 1.3 points to end at 184.2 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 0.69% or 110 points to 15720.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 267 to 111 and 37 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $54.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.35% or 1.44 to hit $62.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.15 to trade at $1281.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.05% to 3.6900, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.1957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.020.