Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.76% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which rose 4.04% or 304 points to trade at 7824 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TASE:HARL) added 2.39% or 89 points to end at 3810 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) was up 2.24% or 79 points to 3608 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 2.21% or 280 points to trade at 12400 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 1.98% or 28 points to end at 1386 and Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 1.97% or 1730 points to 86110.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 301 to 198 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.39% or 89 to 3810. Shares in Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) rose to all time highs; rising 2.24% or 79 to 3608.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.30% or 0.25 to $82.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $84.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 6.35 to trade at $1820.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.1133, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 3.5687.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 94.760.