Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 2.21% or 570 points to trade at 26350 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 1.85% or 360 points to end at 19810 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.59% or 84 points to 5375 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which fell 1.39% or 790 points to trade at 56100 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.20% or 740 points to end at 60700 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 0.98% or 140 points to 14100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 173 to 167 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.39% or 790 to 56100. Shares in Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) rose to all time highs; up 1.85% or 360 to 19810.
Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $52.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.41% or 1.30 to hit $55.32 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.61% or 6.85 to trade at $1136.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.76% to 3.8744, while EUR/ILS rose 0.93% to 4.0494.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 102.92.