Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.16%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the gained 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:), which rose 4.37% or 425.00 points to trade at 10,160.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NICE Ltd (TASE:) added 3.64% or 2,620.00 points to end at 74,620.00 and Nova (TASE:) was up 2.13% or 1,010.00 points to 48,500.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:), which fell 2.60% or 2,460.00 points to trade at 92,320.00 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:) declined 2.47% or 1,190.00 points to end at 47,000.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:) was down 2.15% or 3,300.00 points to 149,840.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 348 to 131 and 58 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.97% or 2.93 to $70.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.40% or 2.68 to hit $76.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 9.60 to trade at $2,040.20 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.98% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS rose 1.25% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.87.