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 rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 1.38% or 270 points to trade at 19890 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.17% or 430 points to end at 37320 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 0.85% or 160 points to 19080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which fell 1.14% or 39 points to trade at 3386 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 0.91% or 610 points to end at 66280 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was down 0.72% or 120 points to 16520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 187 to 145 and 113 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $49.95 a barrel, while the August Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1216.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.8453, while EUR/ILS fell 0.33% to 4.2736.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 95.73.