Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.50% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 5.28% or 840 points to trade at 16740 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 5.16% or 1470 points to end at 29950 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was up 3.04% or 410 points to 13910 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 3.71% or 48 points to trade at 1247 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 2.87% or 116 points to end at 3922 and Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) was down 1.04% or 99 points to 9386.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 293 to 166 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.20% or 0.13 to $64.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $68.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 16.25 to trade at $1831.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.2524, while EUR/ILS rose 0.72% to 3.9562.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 90.203.