Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 7.57% or 97 points to trade at 1378 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 4.10% or 236 points to end at 5999 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 3.33% or 3600 points to 111600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 0.25% or 60 points to trade at 23520 in late trade. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to end at 8060 and Poalim (TA:POLI) gained 0.31% or 8 points to 2558.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 267 to 122 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.46% or 0.75 to $50.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.20% or 0.72 to hit $59.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1227.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.7162, while EUR/ILS fell 0.44% to 4.2057.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 97.120.