Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.58%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Technology and Biomed sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.58% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI ), which rose 6.89% or 4,900.00 points to trade at 76,010.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ) added 4.21% or 780.00 points to end at 19,300.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG ) was up 3.46% or 1,660.00 points to 49,600.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT ), which fell 1.86% or 47.00 points to trade at 2,483.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG ) declined 1.25% or 380.00 points to end at 30,090.00 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI ) was down 1.25% or 55.00 points to 4,333.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 320 to 150 and 66 ended unchanged.

Shares in Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.46% or 1,660.00 to 49,600.00.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.29% or 1.64 to $73.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.06% or 1.54 to hit $76.18 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 26.89 to trade at $2,667.89 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 0.38% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 108.98.

Source: Investing.com