Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 2.70% or 450 points to trade at 17120 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.48% or 1960 points to end at 80850 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 2.42% or 440 points to 18590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which fell 0.47% or 7 points to trade at 1490 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 0.44% or 17 points to end at 3858 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.82% or 37 points to 4567.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 241 to 84 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) rose to all time highs; up 2.70% or 450 to 17120.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $45.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $46.56 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.40% or 5.45 to trade at $1367.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.8828, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.2911.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.31.