Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.16%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking , Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ), which rose 8.61% or 133.00 points to trade at 1,678.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) added 8.36% or 6,950.00 points to end at 90,080.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ) was up 3.99% or 1,110.00 points to 28,910.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ), which fell 2.67% or 154.00 points to trade at 5,621.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ) declined 2.19% or 107.00 points to end at 4,775.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ) was down 1.97% or 1,290.00 points to 64,140.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 214 and 75 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.09% or 1.45 to $70.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.96% or 1.43 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.40 to trade at $2,749.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.03% to 3.75, while EUR/ILS rose 0.85% to 4.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 103.63.

Source: Investing.com