Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 8.75% or 702 points to trade at 8727 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 7.08% or 28.7 points to end at 434.0 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 6.35% or 85 points to 1423 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.19% or 320 points to trade at 26610 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 0.51% or 80 points to end at 15750 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was down 0.26% or 5 points to 1919.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 117 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $68.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $78.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 9.90 to trade at $1198.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.35% to 3.5796, while EUR/ILS fell 0.21% to 4.1608.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.50.