Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.01%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.01% 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 19.25% or 1,146.00 points to trade at 7,100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI ) added 3.61% or 2,470.00 points to end at 70,820.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ) was up 2.30% or 152.00 points to 6,748.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ), which fell 2.14% or 570.00 points to trade at 26,060.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ) declined 1.97% or 91.00 points to end at 4,524.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG ) was down 1.68% or 790.00 points to 46,230.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 186 and 87 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ) rose to 5-year highs; up 19.25% or 1,146.00 to 7,100.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.56% or 1.81 to $68.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.85% or 1.37 to hit $72.54 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 15.64 to trade at $2,654.36 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.30% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 3.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.62.

Source: Investing.com