Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 3.09%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 3.09%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 7.29% or 6,640.00 points to trade at 97,690.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) added 5.60% or 177.00 points to end at 3,338.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) was up 5.24% or 1,580.00 points to 31,760.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Next Vision Stabilized Systems (TASE:NXSN), which fell 1.58% or 260.00 points to trade at 16,200.00 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) declined 1.24% or 230.00 points to end at 18,350.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) was down 0.19% or 60.00 points to 31,520.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 349 to 119 and 88 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.27% or 0.24 to $90.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.21% or 1.19 to hit $97.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 50.45 to trade at $4,063.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.70% to 3.18, while EUR/ILS fell 1.24% to 3.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 102.06.