Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 1.14% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 4.51% or 2750 points to trade at 63770 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 3.48% or 670 points to end at 19930 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 3.30% or 8.4 points to 263.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 0.19% or 70 points to trade at 35880 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 0.13% or 1.0 points to end at 743.0 and Teva (TA:TEVA) gained 0.19% or 40 points to 20820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 91 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.14% or 0.06 to $41.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.34% or 0.15 to hit $44.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.86% or 25.45 to trade at $1341.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.21% to 3.8345, while EUR/ILS fell 0.12% to 4.2517.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 96.19.