Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.83% or 48 points to trade at 1300 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 3.14% or 1290 points to end at 42340 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 2.59% or 490 points to 19430 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 1.78% or 98 points to trade at 5407 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.64% or 18 points to end at 1080 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 1.29% or 30 points to 2292.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 197 to 171 and 45 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $56.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.57% or 0.38 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.90% or 22.80 to trade at $1222.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.7020, while EUR/ILS rose 0.65% to 4.2278.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.31.