Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Leumi (TA:LUMI), which rose 3.87% or 59 points to trade at 1582 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 3.04% or 530 points to end at 17950 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 2.23% or 840 points to 38590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 3.14% or 470 points to trade at 14490 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 2.61% or 86 points to end at 3210 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) shed 2.02% or 320 points to 15500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 162 and 114 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.43% or 1.53 to $43.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.79% or 1.28 to hit $44.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 3.10% or 39.25 to trade at $1227.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.8336, while EUR/ILS fell 0.29% to 4.1656.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 98.99.