Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 1.01% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 6.38% or 68 points to trade at 1133 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 3.73% or 2350 points to end at 65300 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 2.98% or 2020 points to 69860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 0.24% or 50 points to trade at 20930 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 0.05% or 10 points to end at 19960 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was 0.00% or 0 points to 8299.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 216 to 120 and 116 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $41.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.67% or 0.73 to hit $43.11 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.75% or 9.20 to trade at $1235.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.7734, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.2581.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 94.68.