Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.68% By Investing.com

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 0.68% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Newmed Energy LP (TASE:), which rose 4.89% or 46.00 points to trade at 980.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Camtek Ltd (TASE:) added 4.73% or 1,420.00 points to end at 31,410.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) was up 3.65% or 430.00 points to 12,220.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:), which fell 2.40% or 51.00 points to trade at 2,071.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) declined 1.43% or 69.00 points to end at 4,742.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:) was down 1.08% or 880.00 points to 80,810.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 297 to 165 and 73 ended unchanged.

Shares in Camtek Ltd (TASE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.73% or 1,420.00 to 31,410.00.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.84% or 0.65 to $78.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.81% or 0.67 to hit $83.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 10.60 to trade at $2,025.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.61, while EUR/ILS fell 0.14% to 3.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 104.20.