Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 2.74% or 43 points to trade at 1613 at the close. Meanwhile, Avner L (TA:AVNRp) added 2.39% or 7.0 points to end at 299.8 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.34% or 1.8 points to 78.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which fell 0.84% or 51 points to trade at 5988 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 0.80% or 550 points to end at 68350 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 0.64% or 150 points to 23280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 198 to 126 and 128 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $52.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $59.00 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.40 to trade at $1162.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.50% to 3.7673, while EUR/ILS rose 0.59% to 4.2037.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.73% at 95.96.