Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the rose 1.35% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the were Camtek Ltd (TASE:), which rose 8.30% or 2,430.00 points to trade at 31,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TASE:) added 4.52% or 153.00 points to end at 3,537.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:) was up 4.18% or 5,780.00 points to 144,000.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:), which fell 2.79% or 1,800.00 points to trade at 62,780.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) declined 2.14% or 142.00 points to end at 6,493.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:) was down 0.82% or 600.00 points to 72,440.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 333 to 117 and 89 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.31% or 1.61 to $68.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.09% or 1.52 to hit $71.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.70 to trade at $2,688.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.09% to 3.69, while EUR/ILS fell 0.84% to 4.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 100.36.
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