Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Nice (TA:NICE), which rose 3.70% or 870 points to trade at 24360 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 2.32% or 103 points to end at 4547 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 1.68% or 11.7 points to 707.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.51% or 400 points to trade at 26060 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.50% or 39 points to end at 2569 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was down 1.19% or 190 points to 15710.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 212 to 119 and 117 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.54% or 1.72 to $46.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.81% or 1.50 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.57% or 6.20 to trade at $1094.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.7750, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 4.1450.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 97.32.