Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 7.84% or 5,690.00 points to trade at 78,230.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) added 4.22% or 250.00 points to end at 6,170.00 and Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) was up 3.77% or 34.00 points to 935.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 3.96% or 1,130.00 points to trade at 27,440.00 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) declined 2.03% or 117.00 points to end at 5,638.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 1.85% or 1,200.00 points to 63,600.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 289 to 153 and 97 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.04% or 0.78 to $76.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.68% or 0.53 to hit $78.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 20.10 to trade at $2,452.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.09% to 3.79, while EUR/ILS fell 0.22% to 4.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 103.15.