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 , and sectors led shares higher.

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

The best performers of the session on the were NICE Ltd (TASE:), which rose 3.70% or 2,800.00 points to trade at 78,450.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Newmed Energy LP (TASE:) added 3.65% or 33.00 points to end at 938.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:) 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:), which fell 1.82% or 18.00 points to trade at 962.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:) declined 1.64% or 15.00 points to end at 919.00 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:) 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.