Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.14% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 4.51% or 2750 points to trade at 63770 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 3.48% or 670 points to end at 19930 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 3.30% or 8.4 points to 263.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 0.19% or 70 points to trade at 35880 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) added 0.13% or 1.0 points to end at 743.0 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 0.19% or 40 points to 20820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 91 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.14% or 0.06 to $41.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.34% or 0.15 to hit $44.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.86% or 25.45 to trade at $1341.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.21% to 3.8345, while EUR/ILS fell 0.12% to 4.2517.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 96.19.