Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 6.13% or 63 points to trade at 1091 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 4.23% or 1340.0 points to end at 33030.0 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was up 4.20% or 97 points to 2409 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 2.04% or 53 points to trade at 2547 in late trade. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 0.76% or 150 points to end at 19550 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) gained 0.06% or 1 points to 1811.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 247 to 142 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.55% or 1.62 to $61.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.89% or 1.29 to hit $67.04 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1337.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.5316, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.3380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 89.82.