Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Technology, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 6.76% or 890 points to trade at 14060 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) added 3.78% or 510 points to end at 14000 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 3.01% or 560 points to 19160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which lost 0.82% or 140 points to trade at 16960 in late trade. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 0.45% or 0.3 points to end at 65.9 and Discount (TA:DSCT) shed 0.40% or 3.2 points to 794.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 227 to 130 and 85 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.28% or 0.65 to $51.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.87% or 0.47 to hit $54.36 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.94% or 11.00 to trade at $1161.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.49% to 3.8312, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 4.0430.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 101.60.