Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.01% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 6.38% or 68 points to trade at 1133 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 3.73% or 2350 points to end at 65300 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 2.98% or 2020 points to 69860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 0.24% or 50 points to trade at 20930 in late trade. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 0.05% or 10 points to end at 19960 and Osem (TA:OSEM) 0.00% or 0 points to 8299.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 216 to 120 and 116 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $41.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.67% or 0.73 to hit $43.11 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.75% or 9.20 to trade at $1235.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.7734, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.2581.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 94.68.