Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.22% or 420 points to trade at 33920 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 0.90% or 30 points to end at 3300 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) shed 0.62% or 250 points to 40040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 220 to 115 and 108 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 4.11% or 1.97 to $45.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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.