Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.19%

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 rose 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the were NICE Ltd (TASE:), which rose 2.73% or 2,010.00 points to trade at 75,690.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Hapoalim (TASE:) added 1.85% or 57.00 points to end at 3,138.00 and Newmed Energy LP (TASE:) was up 1.45% or 15.00 points to 1,053.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:), which fell 3.50% or 84.00 points to trade at 2,315.00 at the close. Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) declined 2.89% or 164.00 points to end at 5,506.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:) was down 2.30% or 44.00 points to 1,871.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 257 to 216 and 66 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.77% or 1.92 to $71.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.16% or 1.60 to hit $75.65 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 25.60 to trade at $2,020.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.00% to 3.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 103.63.