Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.52%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance , Real Estate and Communication sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.52% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ), which rose 3.29% or 213.00 points to trade at 6,693.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp ) added 3.07% or 30.60 points to end at 1,026.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ) was up 2.90% or 148.00 points to 5,248.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ), which fell 1.04% or 340.00 points to trade at 32,460.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI ) declined 0.94% or 780.00 points to end at 82,500.00 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI ) was down 0.84% or 31.00 points to 3,669.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 276 to 180 and 84 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.97% or 3.67 to $70.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.67% or 3.62 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 14.80 to trade at $2,680.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.25% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS rose 0.22% to 4.10.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 102.90.

Source: Investing.com