Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.73% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Next Vision Stabilized Systems (TASE:NXSN), which rose 4.49% or 890.00 points to trade at 20,710.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) added 4.20% or 283.00 points to end at 7,025.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) was up 3.45% or 440.00 points to 13,210.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 3.62% or 1,250.00 points to trade at 33,290.00 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) declined 1.14% or 2,020.00 points to end at 174,700.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 0.87% or 890.00 points to 101,530.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 284 to 183 and 81 ended unchanged.

Shares in Next Vision Stabilized Systems (TASE:NXSN) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.49% or 890.00 to 20,710.00. Shares in OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) rose to all time highs; rising 4.20% or 283.00 to 7,025.00.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.93% or 0.52 to $56.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.74% or 0.44 to hit $60.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 4.55 to trade at $4,369.35 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.84% to 3.21, while EUR/ILS fell 0.93% to 3.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 98.06.