Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 4.97% or 860 points to trade at 18150 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.84% or 2320 points to end at 83950 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 2.76% or 79 points to 2939 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which lost 3.62% or 1.4 points to trade at 37.3 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 1.36% or 610 points to end at 44120 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) shed 0.62% or 40 points to 6400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 245 to 133 and 38 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.88% or 1.17 to $63.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.46% or 1.01 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1295.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.12% to 3.5807, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.0206.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.998.