Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.51% or 133 points to trade at 3923 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 3.34% or 1190 points to end at 36850 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 3.24% or 520 points to 16560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.59% or 1640 points to trade at 61650 in late trade. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 0.81% or 11 points to end at 1355 and Nice (TA:NICE) shed 0.56% or 140 points to 24750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 183 to 141 and 123 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.45% or 0.22 to $48.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $48.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1252.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.58% to 3.8867, while EUR/ILS rose 0.77% to 4.3621.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.29.