Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.25% 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 rose 0.25%.

The best performers of the session on the were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:), which rose 2.88% or 1,050.00 points to trade at 37,530.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:) added 2.80% or 77.00 points to end at 2,826.00 and Strauss Group (TASE:) was up 2.61% or 168.00 points to 6,608.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:), which fell 3.34% or 2,410.00 points to trade at 69,800.00 at the close. Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) declined 3.05% or 148.00 points to end at 4,702.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) was down 1.34% or 83.00 points to 6,102.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 275 to 174 and 89 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.21% or 0.93 to $77.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.73 to hit $81.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 2.00 to trade at $2,335.20 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.46% to 3.66, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 3.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 104.65.