Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Real Estate, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 3.52% or 289 points to trade at 8495 at the close. Meanwhile, Partner (TA:PTNR) added 3.34% or 74 points to end at 2292 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 2.69% or 360 points to 13750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 0.69% or 120 points to trade at 17180 at the close. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 0.68% or 11 points to end at 1606 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was down 0.65% or 15 points to 2290.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 218 to 168 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Partner (TA:PTNR) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.34% or 74 to 2292.
Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $53.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.75 to trade at $1235.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.19% to 3.7034, while EUR/ILS fell 0.72% to 3.9320.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.89.