Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.38% or 270 points to trade at 19890 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.17% or 430 points to end at 37320 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 0.85% or 160 points to 19080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which lost 1.14% or 39 points to trade at 3386 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 0.91% or 610 points to end at 66280 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) shed 0.72% or 120 points to 16520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 187 to 145 and 113 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $49.95 a barrel, while the August Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1216.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.8453, while EUR/ILS fell 0.33% to 4.2736.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 95.73.