Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 6.20% or 386.00 points to trade at 6,611.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 3.25% or 82.00 points to end at 2,602.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was up 3.06% or 1,950.00 points to 65,700.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 2.18% or 610.00 points to trade at 27,360.00 at the close. Energix (TASE:ENRG) declined 1.40% or 16.00 points to end at 1,127.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was down 1.33% or 14.00 points to 1,039.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 296 to 156 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.25% or 82.00 to 2,602.00. Shares in Energix (TASE:ENRG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.40% or 16.00 to 1,127.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.33% or 0.93 to $70.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.27% or 0.94 to hit $74.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.62% or 43.30 to trade at $2,737.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS fell 0.52% to 3.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 107.51.