Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.88% or 174 points to trade at 3740 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice (TA:NICE) added 3.72% or 790 points to end at 22000 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 3.14% or 710 points to 23340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Isramco L (TA:ISRAp), which fell 1.30% or 0.9 points to trade at 68.4 at the close. Osem (TA:OSEM) declined 1.21% or 91 points to end at 7412 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 0.96% or 21 points to 2159.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 208 to 100 and 135 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.89% or 0.88 to $47.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.50% or 0.74 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.90% or 10.70 to trade at $1176.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.56% to 3.8352, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 4.3522.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 94.76.