Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.50% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 3.52% or 1180 points to trade at 34660 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.31% or 25 points to end at 1106 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) was up 1.61% or 120 points to 7564 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 6.26% or 631 points to trade at 9449 at the close. Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) declined 1.89% or 700 points to end at 36250 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TA:BIG) was down 0.87% or 200 points to 22910.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 202 to 172 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) rose to all time highs; rising 3.52% or 1180 to 34660.
Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $68.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $73.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 11.30 to trade at $1337.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.5300, while EUR/ILS fell 0.12% to 4.3372.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 90.08.