Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TASE:HARL), which rose 4.98% or 200.00 points to trade at 4,220.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 3.01% or 2,570.00 points to end at 87,910.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 2.94% or 48.00 points to 1,682.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 6.04% or 4,320.00 points to trade at 67,210.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 5.87% or 1,750.00 points to end at 28,060.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 5.05% or 890.00 points to 16,730.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 283 to 167 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to all time highs; up 4.98% or 200.00 to 4,220.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.45% or 1.68 to $66.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.09% or 1.52 to hit $71.04 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.80 to trade at $2,570.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS rose 0.25% to 3.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.62.
