Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.91% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 3.25% or 107.00 points to trade at 3,402.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 3.15% or 235.00 points to end at 7,698.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 2.63% or 16.90 points to 658.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:ENRG), which fell 7.25% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,280.00 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) declined 2.44% or 105.00 points to end at 4,200.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.52% or 66.00 points to 4,270.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 289 to 187 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.79% or 0.70 to $88.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.86% or 0.82 to hit $94.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 17.30 to trade at $1,648.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.38% to 3.53, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 3.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 110.54.
