Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.71% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TA:LPSN), which rose 2.53% or 238 points to trade at 9630 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.49% or 25 points to end at 1031 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 2.13% or 61 points to 2927 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which lost 1.95% or 830 points to trade at 41720 in late trade. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 0.24% or 50 points to end at 20750 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) 0.00% or 0.0 points to 41.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 236 to 141 and 39 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $55.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.69% or 1.74 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.85 to trade at $1324.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.6202, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.0892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.745.