Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 2.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 9.93% or 15,920.00 points to trade at 176,200.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 8.54% or 641.00 points to end at 8,150.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 7.33% or 246.00 points to 3,600.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 2.00% or 27.00 points to trade at 1,323.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 0.44% or 2.40 points to end at 540.10 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was down 0.40% or 200.00 points to 49,500.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 418 to 92 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $103.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.24% or 1.32 to hit $107.96 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 21.65 to trade at $1,921.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.24, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.08% to 3.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 98.21.