Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.75% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 4.24% or 118 points to trade at 2900 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TASE:HARL) added 2.19% or 59 points to end at 2759 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was up 1.84% or 210 points to 11600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which fell 1.44% or 280 points to trade at 19100 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 0.57% or 310 points to end at 54250 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was down 0.55% or 100 points to 18040.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 249 to 116 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.84% or 210 to 11600.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.30% or 0.17 to $56.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.90 to trade at $1418.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.5226, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 3.9196.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 97.725.