Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.49%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate , Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Melisron (TASE:MLSR ), which rose 2.97% or 860.00 points to trade at 29,860.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT ) added 2.84% or 2,450.00 points to end at 88,700.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT ) was up 2.75% or 50.00 points to 1,871.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ), which fell 4.38% or 3,950.00 points to trade at 86,130.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ) declined 3.16% or 53.00 points to end at 1,625.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ) was down 2.32% or 670.00 points to 28,240.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 249 to 216 and 75 ended unchanged.

Shares in Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT ) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.84% or 2,450.00 to 88,700.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.34% or 0.96 to $72.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.21% or 0.91 to hit $75.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.55 to trade at $2,751.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.07% to 3.75, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 4.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 103.58.

Source: Investing.com