Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Technology, Biomed and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 28.65% or 260 points to trade at 1169 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 3.79% or 205 points to end at 5610 and Liveperson (TA:LPSN) was up 2.68% or 182 points to 6980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which fell 1.41% or 14 points to trade at 976 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) declined 1.27% or 230 points to end at 17820 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was down 1.00% or 46 points to 4550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 240 to 155 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.14% or 0.51 to $45.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1283.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.7636, while EUR/ILS fell 0.05% to 4.3048.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.920.