Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which rose 2.66% or 1140 points to trade at 44070 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.57% or 43 points to end at 1718 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 2.12% or 184 points to 8867 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL), which fell 1.63% or 2.5 points to trade at 151.2 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.31% or 5.4 points to end at 406.2 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 1.24% or 17 points to 1355.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 210 to 163 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.17% or 0.86 to $74.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.09% or 1.62 to hit $79.23 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.20 to trade at $1254.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.6562, while EUR/ILS rose 1.02% to 4.2718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 94.23.