Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.24% or 153 points to trade at 3764 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 3.68% or 2090 points to end at 58900 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.68% or 35 points to 1342 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 4.43% or 710 points to trade at 15330 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 0.87% or 280 points to end at 31780 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) gained 0.42% or 21 points to 4973.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 172 to 165 and 107 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.23% or 0.55 to $44.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.70% or 0.79 to hit $45.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.50 to trade at $1305.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.58% to 3.7900, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 4.2290.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 96.94.