By Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 2.60% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 8.81% or 5,790.00 points to trade at 71,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) added 6.86% or 1,110.00 points to end at 17,280.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was up 3.90% or 610.00 points to 16,260.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 0.89% or 58.00 points to trade at 6,478.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 0.87% or 27.00 points to end at 3,066.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 0.79% or 600.00 points to 74,900.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 345 to 114 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) rose to all time highs; rising 3.90% or 610.00 to 16,260.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.74% or 1.98 to $70.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.33% or 1.76 to hit $73.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 11.00 to trade at $2,694.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.81% to 3.75, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.00% to 4.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 104.89.