Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.69% or 210 points to trade at 5895 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.70% or 3800 points to end at 144800 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was up 2.42% or 400 points to 16900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 2.06% or 1580 points to trade at 75150 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.59% or 410 points to end at 25300 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 1.57% or 500 points to 31250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 205 to 137 and 115 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.79% or 0.46 to $57.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.85% or 0.55 to hit $65.40 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.32% or 15.80 to trade at $1178.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.25% to 3.9330, while EUR/ILS rose 0.36% to 4.2613.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 97.07.