Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.04%

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

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

The best performers of the session on the were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:), which rose 2.21% or 240.00 points to trade at 11,110.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:) added 1.95% or 940.00 points to end at 49,240.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:) was up 1.84% or 1,360.00 points to 75,200.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Harel (TASE:), which fell 2.08% or 59.00 points to trade at 2,771.00 at the close. Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:) declined 1.46% or 92.00 points to end at 6,192.00 and Energix (TASE:) was down 1.41% or 17.00 points to 1,185.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 273 to 196 and 74 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nova (TASE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.95% or 940.00 to 49,240.00.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.92% or 0.75 to $82.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.57% or 0.49 to hit $85.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 4.25 to trade at $1,968.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.80, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 4.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 103.67.