Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE), which rose 6.67% or 240.00 points to trade at 3,840.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 5.44% or 190.00 points to end at 3,680.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 4.84% or 54.00 points to 1,169.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 1.10% or 4.90 points to trade at 440.00 at the close. Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) declined 1.02% or 33.00 points to end at 3,206.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 0.96% or 140.00 points to 14,370.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 348 to 134 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.08% or 0.06 to $73.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $78.60 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.62% or 29.90 to trade at $1,870.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.06% to 3.51, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.10% to 3.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.13% at 103.64.