Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which rose 2.64% or 116 points to trade at 4518 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.55% or 172 points to end at 6913 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.28% or 38 points to 1704 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.75% or 410 points to trade at 23070 at the close. Leumi (TA:LUMI) declined 1.32% or 20 points to end at 1493 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 0.51% or 380 points to 74330.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 204 to 136 and 115 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 4.52% or 2.61 to $60.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 4.67% or 2.92 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1190.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.06% to 3.8676, while EUR/ILS rose 0.32% to 4.2504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 96.94.