Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which rose 2.00% or 68 points to trade at 3467 at the close. Avner Oil Exploration LP (TA:AVNRp) added 1.90% or 4.6 points to end at 247.0 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.51% or 250 points to 16800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 3.04% or 61 points to trade at 1944 in late trade. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) declined 2.11% or 390.0 points to end at 18080.0 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 1.99% or 540 points to 26660.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 190 to 184 and 70 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.18% or 0.62 to $53.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.31% or 0.72 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1234.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.6967, while EUR/ILS rose 1.09% to 3.9263.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 101.35.