Israel Stock Markets Close Higher; TA 35 rises 1.20%
Investing.com – The Israel stock market closed higher this Sunday; the gains of the sectors, and drove the indices higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, cattle gained 1.20%.
The best performer of the session was First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:), up 3.51% or 520.00 points to close at 15,350.00. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:) added 3.38% or 430.00 points to end at 13,150.00 and electra Ltd (TASE:) rose 3.13% or 4,670.00 points to 153,870.00 at the end of the session.
At the bottom of the index was Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:), which fell 1.03%, or 49.00 points, to close at 4,711.00. NICE Ltd (TASE:) fell 0.90% or 790.00 points to close at 86,810.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:) fell 0.81%, 190.00 points, to 23,190.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 335 to 124 and 77 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery fell 0.32% or 0.26 to $80.58 a barrel. Regarding other commodities, Brent oil futures for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.07 to settle at $85.35 a barrel, while gold futures for delivery in April fell 0 .37%, 8.10, to $2,159.40 per troy ounce.
USD/ILS rose 0.69% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS rose 0.76% to 4.00.
US dollar index futures rose 0.07% to 103.06.
