Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 2.27% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 5.88% or 1290 points to trade at 23240 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 5.26% or 187 points to end at 3740 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 3.79% or 3600 points to 98660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 0.07% or 10 points to trade at 15350 at the close. First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) declined 0.02% or 1 points to end at 5019 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 0.78% or 37 points to 4757.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 172 to 141 and 135 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.39% or 0.63 to $44.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.00% or 0.01 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1164.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.38% to 3.8949, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 4.2932.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.78% at 97.18.