Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 2.60%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 2.60% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ), which rose 8.81% or 5,790.00 points to trade at 71,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ) added 6.86% or 1,110.00 points to end at 17,280.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF ) was up 3.90% or 610.00 points to 16,260.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ), which fell 0.89% or 58.00 points to trade at 6,478.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE ) declined 0.87% or 27.00 points to end at 3,066.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI ) was down 0.79% or 600.00 points to 74,900.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 345 to 114 and 80 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF ) rose to all time highs; rising 3.90% or 610.00 to 16,260.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.74% or 1.98 to $70.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.33% or 1.76 to hit $73.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 11.00 to trade at $2,694.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.81% to 3.75, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.00% to 4.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 104.89.

Source: Investing.com