Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 1.64% or 34 points to trade at 2107 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 1.62% or 190 points to end at 11900 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 1.16% or 23 points to 2010 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 1.87% or 270 points to trade at 14200 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 1.30% or 2.2 points to end at 167.4 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 1.23% or 270 points to 21630.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 182 to 170 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $57.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $63.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1257.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.5136, while EUR/ILS fell 0.44% to 4.1286.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.46.