Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 3.67% or 1900 points to trade at 53700 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) added 2.64% or 470 points to end at 18250 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was up 2.15% or 240 points to 11410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 2.20% or 130 points to trade at 5768 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) declined 2.00% or 210 points to end at 10280 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 1.79% or 50 points to 2750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 195 to 165 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.79% or 50 to 2750.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.81% or 0.45 to $55.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.47% or 0.91 to hit $62.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.80 to trade at $1426.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.5406, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 3.9729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 96.817.