Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 2.31%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 7.76% or 93 points to trade at 1291 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TA:LPSN) added 5.40% or 361 points to end at 7052 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 5.22% or 320 points to 6451 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which fell 0.26% or 40 points to trade at 15310 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to end at 4490 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was 0.00% or 0.0 points to 358.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 288 to 99 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) unchanged to 5-year lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 to 358.0.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.59% or 1.22 to $48.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.61% or 1.46 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.15 to trade at $1286.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.7089, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.2263.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.757.