Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.20%

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 gained 1.20%.

The best performers of the session on the were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:), which rose 3.51% or 520.00 points to trade at 15,350.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:) added 3.38% or 430.00 points to end at 13,150.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:) was up 3.13% or 4,670.00 points to 153,870.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:), which fell 1.03% or 49.00 points to trade at 4,711.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:) declined 0.90% or 790.00 points to end at 86,810.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:) was down 0.81% or 190.00 points to 23,190.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 335 to 124 and 77 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.32% or 0.26 to $80.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $85.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 8.10 to trade at $2,159.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.69% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS rose 0.76% to 4.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.06.