Israel shares higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.63%

Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed , Technology and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.63%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA: OPK ), which rose 8.34% or 123 points to trade at 1598 at the close. Mazor Robotics (TA: MZOR ) added 7.62% or 664 points to end at 9377 and Israel Corp (TA: ILCO ) was up 3.84% or 4300 points to 116300 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nice Ltd (TA: NICE ), which lost 4.82% or 2070 points to trade at 40880 in late trade. Harel (TA: HARL ) declined 2.37% or 69 points to end at 2844 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA: ORL ) shed 1.62% or 3.0 points to 182.4.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.57% or 0.40 to $70.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $78.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 7.90 to trade at $1203.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.05% to 3.5702, while EUR/ILS fell 0.22% to 4.1974.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 93.79.