Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which rose 4.49% or 620.00 points to trade at 14,420.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) added 4.00% or 68.00 points to end at 1,770.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was up 3.60% or 470.00 points to 13,510.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 3.66% or 2,980.00 points to trade at 78,480.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 3.26% or 980.00 points to end at 29,070.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 2.40% or 1,310.00 points to 53,350.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 290 to 158 and 89 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.12% or 0.87 to $78.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.52% or 1.25 to hit $82.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.30 to trade at $2,037.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.69, while EUR/ILS fell 0.17% to 4.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.26.