Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.29%

Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Biomed and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 3.75% or 490.00 points to trade at 13,570.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies Inc (TASE:ORA) added 2.75% or 790.00 points to end at 29,510.00 and Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) was up 2.58% or 41.00 points to 1,631.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 7.07% or 2,540.00 points to trade at 33,400.00 at the close. Next Vision Stabilized Systems (TASE:NXSN) declined 4.51% or 860.00 points to end at 18,200.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 4.06% or 59.00 points to 1,393.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 311 to 145 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.75% or 490.00 to 13,570.00. Shares in ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.06% or 59.00 to 1,393.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.65% or 0.63 to $95.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.49% or 1.56 to hit $103.21 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 22.55 to trade at $3,947.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.63% to 3.16, while EUR/ILS rose 0.63% to 3.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.68.