Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 2.28% or 61 points to trade at 2737 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.23% or 330 points to end at 15150 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 2.17% or 1310 points to 61700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 1.55% or 8.6 points to trade at 545.0 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 1.15% or 76 points to end at 6520 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.14% or 20 points to 1728.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 255 to 148 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harel (TA:HARL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.28% or 61 to 2737.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.73% or 0.45 to $61.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.51% or 0.35 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1320.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.60% to 3.4318, while EUR/ILS fell 0.84% to 4.1316.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 91.75.