Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 2.18% or 1580 points to trade at 74000 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 1.82% or 1090 points to end at 61060 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 1.47% or 24 points to 1659 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 3.16% or 160 points to trade at 4900 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.76% or 470 points to end at 26170 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was down 0.62% or 28 points to 4501.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 245 to 99 and 102 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.24% or 0.10 to $42.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.81% or 0.90 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.40 to trade at $1114.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.37% to 3.7782, while EUR/ILS fell 1.07% to 4.1833.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 96.61.