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 Financials, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.

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

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 3.70% or 2,800.00 points to trade at 78,450.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) added 3.65% or 33.00 points to end at 938.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) was up 2.35% or 680.00 points to 29,630.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE), which fell 1.82% or 18.00 points to trade at 962.00 at the close. Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 1.64% or 15.00 points to end at 919.00 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was down 1.52% or 370.00 points to 23,930.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 278 to 180 and 79 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.91% or 1.41 to $72.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.31% or 1.03 to hit $77.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 14.00 to trade at $2,057.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.11% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS fell 0.87% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.93% at 103.82.