Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Alony Hetz (TA:ALHE), which rose 3.40% or 109 points to trade at 3319 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.99% or 2130 points to end at 73400 and Cellcom (TA:CEL) was up 2.73% or 105 points to 3950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 1.81% or 220 points to trade at 11940 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 0.47% or 6 points to end at 1269 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) shed 0.47% or 1.1 points to 235.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 214 to 154 and 67 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.64% or 0.87 to $53.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.91% or 1.06 to hit $56.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1235.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.11% to 3.7508, while EUR/ILS fell 0.02% to 3.9911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.72.