Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 3.99% or 740 points to trade at 19290 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 3.52% or 41 points to end at 1207 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 2.63% or 53 points to 2065 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which fell 1.09% or 170 points to trade at 15450 at the close. Melisron (TASE:MLSR) declined 0.74% or 170 points to end at 22710 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 0.59% or 60 points to 10060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 310 to 152 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.74% or 0.52 to $70.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $72.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.90% or 17.15 to trade at $1879.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.39% to 3.2538, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 3.9402.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 90.527.