Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 4.19% or 105 points to trade at 2608 at the close. Meanwhile, Partner (TA:PTNR) added 3.92% or 59 points to end at 1563 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 3.23% or 125 points to 4000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 2.65% or 29 points to trade at 1067 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.10% or 320 points to end at 28640 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 1.07% or 210 points to 19430.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 209 to 152 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.26 to $67.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.55 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.90 to trade at $1347.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.15% to 3.5180, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.3390.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.51.