Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.35%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.35% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ), which rose 8.30% or 2,430.00 points to trade at 31,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TASE:HARL ) added 4.52% or 153.00 points to end at 3,537.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR ) was up 4.18% or 5,780.00 points to 144,000.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ), which fell 2.79% or 1,800.00 points to trade at 62,780.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ) declined 2.14% or 142.00 points to end at 6,493.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT ) was down 0.82% or 600.00 points to 72,440.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 333 to 117 and 89 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.31% or 1.61 to $68.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.09% or 1.52 to hit $71.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.70 to trade at $2,688.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.09% to 3.69, while EUR/ILS fell 0.84% to 4.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 100.36.

Source: Investing.com