Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.20%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.20%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which rose 3.51% or 520.00 points to trade at 15,350.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 3.38% or 430.00 points to end at 13,150.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 3.13% or 4,670.00 points to 153,870.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 1.03% or 49.00 points to trade at 4,711.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 0.90% or 790.00 points to end at 86,810.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was down 0.81% or 190.00 points to 23,190.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 335 to 124 and 77 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.32% or 0.26 to $80.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $85.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 8.10 to trade at $2,159.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.69% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS rose 0.76% to 4.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.06.