Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.70%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.70%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which rose 3.47% or 920.00 points to trade at 27,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 3.11% or 160.00 points to end at 5,300.00 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 3.01% or 850.00 points to 29,100.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 3.86% or 1,200.00 points to trade at 29,900.00 at the close. Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) declined 2.58% or 370.00 points to end at 13,960.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 1.82% or 1,230.00 points to 66,270.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 324 to 137 and 79 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.16% or 1.51 to $71.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.25% or 1.67 to hit $75.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.70 to trade at $2,754.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.78, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 4.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.13.