Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.20% or 132 points to trade at 4252 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.75% or 280 points to end at 16310 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 1.65% or 610 points to 37620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 4.43% or 2140 points to trade at 46120 in late trade. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 1.43% or 350 points to end at 24110 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 1.36% or 270 points to 19530.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 316 to 88 and 48 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.27% or 0.55 to $43.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.35% or 0.60 to hit $45.13 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.22% or 15.20 to trade at $1235.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.7724, while EUR/ILS fell 0.59% to 4.2307.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.11.