Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.82%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 6.13% or 63 points to trade at 1091 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 4.23% or 1340.0 points to end at 33030.0 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was up 4.20% or 97 points to 2409 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TA:HARL), which fell 2.04% or 53 points to trade at 2547 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 0.76% or 150 points to end at 19550 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was up 0.06% or 1 points to 1811.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 247 to 142 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.55% or 1.62 to $61.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.89% or 1.29 to hit $67.04 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1337.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.5316, while EUR/ILS rose 0.46% to 4.3380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 89.82.