Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.04%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL ), which rose 4.98% or 200.00 points to trade at 4,220.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) added 3.01% or 2,570.00 points to end at 87,910.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ) was up 2.94% or 48.00 points to 1,682.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI ), which fell 6.04% or 4,320.00 points to trade at 67,210.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ) declined 5.87% or 1,750.00 points to end at 28,060.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ) was down 5.05% or 890.00 points to 16,730.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 283 to 167 and 88 ended unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL ) rose to all time highs; up 4.98% or 200.00 to 4,220.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.45% or 1.68 to $66.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.09% or 1.52 to hit $71.04 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.80 to trade at $2,570.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS rose 0.25% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.62.

Source: Investing.com