Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.34% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 4.46% or 1550 points to trade at 36320 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 3.45% or 530 points to end at 15880 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 3.07% or 61 points to 2045 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 4.89% or 147 points to trade at 2858 at the close. Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) declined 1.79% or 134 points to end at 7335 and Shufersal (TASE:SAE) was down 1.68% or 46 points to 2684.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 248 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nova (TASE:NVMI) rose to all time highs; up 4.46% or 1550 to 36320.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.45% or 0.36 to $80.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $81.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.69% or 29.85 to trade at $1793.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.1104, while EUR/ILS fell 0.69% to 3.5921.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 94.368.