Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 6.77% or 92 points to trade at 1451 at the close. Meanwhile, Avner L (TA:AVNRp) added 5.93% or 15.1 points to end at 269.9 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 3.32% or 3100 points to 96600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 4.47% or 2860 points to trade at 61140 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 2.97% or 112 points to end at 3654 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 2.61% or 620 points to 23090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 175 to 122 and 150 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.73% or 0.34 to $46.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.35% or 0.66 to hit $49.46 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.48% or 5.50 to trade at $1141.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.8648, while EUR/ILS rose 0.11% to 4.2538.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 96.99.