Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.99%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the rose 0.99%.

The best performers of the session on the were NICE Ltd (TASE:), which rose 8.07% or 5,510.00 points to trade at 73,810.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) added 4.98% or 248.00 points to end at 5,230.00 and Newmed Energy LP (TASE:) was up 4.17% or 38.00 points to 950.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.45% or 360.00 points to trade at 10,080.00 at the close. Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:) declined 3.24% or 315.00 points to end at 9,404.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:) was down 3.04% or 129.00 points to 4,109.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 302 to 154 and 88 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.82% or 2.93 to $73.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.47% or 2.82 to hit $78.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.09% or 21.35 to trade at $1,985.65 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.01% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS fell 0.78% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 104.07.