Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.19%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.19%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG ), which rose 5.04% or 1,230.00 points to trade at 25,640.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE ) added 3.94% or 103.00 points to end at 2,717.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG ) was up 3.72% or 1,480.00 points to 41,230.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ), which fell 1.10% or 77.00 points to trade at 6,905.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ) declined 0.39% or 120.00 points to end at 30,870.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ) was down 0.32% or 5.00 points to 1,576.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 308 to 140 and 91 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.97% or 1.36 to $70.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.73% or 1.26 to hit $73.96 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 15.70 to trade at $2,541.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.54% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS rose 0.61% to 4.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 101.30.

Source: Investing.com