Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.81%

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 0.81%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nova (TASE:), which rose 3.77% or 1,580.00 points to trade at 43,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) added 3.07% or 420.00 points to end at 14,090.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:) was up 2.38% or 155.00 points to 6,670.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:), which fell 1.14% or 1,110.00 points to trade at 96,000.00 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:) declined 1.05% or 88.00 points to end at 8,256.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:) was down 0.98% or 25.00 points to 2,528.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 296 to 171 and 34 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nova (TASE:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.77% or 1,580.00 to 43,500.00.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.84% or 0.59 to $70.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.91% or 0.68 to hit $75.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 9.90 to trade at $1,927.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.30% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS rose 0.74% to 4.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 102.57.