Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 4.19% or 105 points to trade at 2608 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) added 3.92% or 59 points to end at 1563 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 3.23% or 125 points to 4000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 2.65% or 29 points to trade at 1067 in late trade. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.10% or 320 points to end at 28640 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 1.07% or 210 points to 19430.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 152 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.26 to $67.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.55 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.90 to trade at $1347.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.15% to 3.5180, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.3390.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.51.