Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 8.41% or 146 points to trade at 1882 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 2.09% or 166 points to end at 8096 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.87% or 510 points to 27760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG), which fell 1.56% or 380 points to trade at 24050 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 1.45% or 210 points to end at 14300 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was down 0.92% or 80 points to 8650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 206 to 185 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.33% or 0.97 to $73.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.26 to hit $77.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1255.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.41% to 3.6246, while EUR/ILS rose 0.03% to 4.2566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 93.76.