Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 8.75% or 702 points to trade at 8727 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 7.08% or 28.7 points to end at 434.0 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 6.35% or 85 points to 1423 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.19% or 320 points to trade at 26610 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 0.51% or 80 points to end at 15750 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) shed 0.26% or 5 points to 1919.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 264 to 117 and 28 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $68.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $78.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 9.90 to trade at $1198.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.35% to 3.5796, while EUR/ILS fell 0.21% to 4.1608.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.50.