Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 5.40% or 83 points to trade at 1620 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 2.73% or 950 points to end at 35770 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was up 2.12% or 188 points to 9051 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT), which fell 1.59% or 550 points to trade at 34100 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 1.56% or 41 points to end at 2584 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 1.52% or 22 points to 1428.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 144 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) rose to all time highs; rising 2.73% or 950 to 35770.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.18% or 0.84 to $70.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.62% or 0.48 to hit $76.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1318.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.28% to 3.5757, while EUR/ILS rose 0.50% to 4.2698.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.44.