Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.97% or 122 points to trade at 4226 at the close. Meanwhile, Avner L (TA:AVNRp) added 2.46% or 6.2 points to end at 258.2 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.14% or 29 points to 1386 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.22% or 420 points to trade at 33920 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 0.90% or 30 points to end at 3300 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was down 0.62% or 250 points to 40040.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 115 and 108 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 4.11% or 1.97 to $45.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $48.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.30 to trade at $1183.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.04% to 3.8716, while EUR/ILS rose 0.39% to 4.1005.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.48.