Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.17%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT ), which rose 5.84% or 4,720.00 points to trade at 85,560.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ) added 1.67% or 15.00 points to end at 913.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ) was up 1.53% or 460.00 points to 30,450.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ), which fell 3.34% or 164.00 points to trade at 4,751.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL ) declined 2.65% or 99.00 points to end at 3,641.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ) was down 2.55% or 40.00 points to 1,527.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 232 to 228 and 80 ended unchanged.

Shares in Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT ) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.84% or 4,720.00 to 85,560.00. Shares in Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.53% or 460.00 to 30,450.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 5.45% or 3.91 to $67.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 5.33% or 4.03 to hit $71.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 1.25 to trade at $2,753.35 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.20% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS fell 1.23% to 4.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.13.

Source: Investing.com