Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.95%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Financials , Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.95% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE ), which rose 4.31% or 209.00 points to trade at 5,060.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT ) added 4.03% or 238.00 points to end at 6,141.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI ) was up 4.01% or 2,700.00 points to 70,090.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ), which fell 2.39% or 640.00 points to trade at 26,170.00 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ) declined 2.20% or 400.00 points to end at 17,790.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ) was down 1.93% or 123.00 points to 6,247.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 354 to 118 and 66 ended unchanged.

Shares in Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE ) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.31% or 209.00 to 5,060.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.61% or 1.10 to $67.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.35% or 0.97 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 11.20 to trade at $2,659.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.56% to 3.57, while EUR/ILS fell 0.53% to 3.78.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 105.73.

Source: Investing.com