Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.87%

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Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.87% to hit a new 52-week high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which rose 5.54% or 1,600.00 points to trade at 30,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 5.02% or 4,700.00 points to end at 98,310.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 3.80% or 215.00 points to 5,867.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which fell 1.78% or 270.00 points to trade at 14,890.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 0.86% or 16.00 points to end at 1,847.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 0.77% or 570.00 points to 73,680.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.31% or 0.25 to $80.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.26% or 0.22 to hit $84.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.83% or 18.20 to trade at $2,166.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.93% to 3.64, while EUR/ILS rose 0.41% to 3.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 104.11.