Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.06% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 5.49% or 700 points to trade at 13460 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 4.52% or 47 points to end at 1086 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 4.24% or 2360 points to 58000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 2.64% or 610 points to trade at 22490 in late trade. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) declined 2.20% or 82 points to end at 3650 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) shed 2.02% or 3.6 points to 174.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 197 to 190 and 27 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.57% or 0.90 to $58.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.58% or 0.99 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.50 to trade at $1279.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.30% to 3.4848, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 4.1458.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.81.