Israel Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.04%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Harel (TASE:HARL): rose 4.98% or 200.00 points to trade at 4,220.00 at the close.
– Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO): added 3.01% or 2,570.00 points to end at 87,910.00.
– ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL): up 2.94% or 48.00 points to 1,682.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Nova (TASE:NVMI): fell 6.04% or 4,320.00 points to trade at 67,210.00.
– Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT): declined 5.87% or 1,750.00 points to end at 28,060.00.
– Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM): down 5.05% or 890.00 points to 16,730.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 283 to 167, and 88 ended unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:HARL) rose to all-time highs; up 4.98% or 200.00 to 4,220.00.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.45% or 1.68 to $66.92 a barrel.
• Brent oil for January fell 2.09% or 1.52 to hit $71.04 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.80 to trade at $2,570.10 a troy ounce.

Currency Rates

• USD/ILS was unchanged at 0.00% to 3.74.
• EUR/ILS rose 0.25% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.62.