Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 6.25% or 16.0 points to trade at 272.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) added 2.76% or 1120 points to end at 41750 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.81% or 1200 points to 67640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 1.27% or 81 points to trade at 6322 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.02% or 180 points to end at 17430 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) was down 0.92% or 19 points to 2046.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 134 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $64.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $71.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1277.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.5929, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 4.0419.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.132.