Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.00%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.00% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ), which rose 5.82% or 77.00 points to trade at 1,399.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ) added 5.78% or 96.00 points to end at 1,758.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) was up 5.55% or 4,770.00 points to 90,770.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ), which fell 0.86% or 580.00 points to trade at 66,800.00 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ) declined 0.64% or 190.00 points to end at 29,340.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG ) was down 0.51% or 6.00 points to 1,182.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 301 to 168 and 69 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.82% or 77.00 to 1,399.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.35% or 1.60 to $69.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.16% or 1.55 to hit $73.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 6.25 to trade at $2,664.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.46% to 3.63, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 3.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 106.22.

Source: Investing.com