Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 2.84% or 1850 points to trade at 66950 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 2.72% or 660 points to end at 24960 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was up 1.94% or 880 points to 46130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 4.30% or 500 points to trade at 11140 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.94% or 550 points to end at 27780 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) shed 1.39% or 26 points to 1851.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 172 and 9 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.37% or 0.18 to $48.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.90 to trade at $1295.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.5840, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 4.2400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 92.99.