Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.06% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 5.49% or 700 points to trade at 13460 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 4.52% or 47 points to end at 1086 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 4.24% or 2360 points to 58000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which fell 2.64% or 610 points to trade at 22490 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) declined 2.20% or 82 points to end at 3650 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was down 2.02% or 3.6 points to 174.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 190 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.57% or 0.90 to $58.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.58% or 0.99 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.50 to trade at $1279.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.30% to 3.4848, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 4.1458.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.81.