Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.21%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking , Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG ), which rose 2.32% or 900.00 points to trade at 39,660.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG ) added 2.09% or 27.00 points to end at 1,317.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI ) was up 1.98% or 1,420.00 points to 72,970.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ), which fell 3.48% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 27,720.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ) declined 3.22% or 150.00 points to end at 4,510.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ) was down 1.91% or 550.00 points to 28,280.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 200 and 119 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.19% or 0.13 to $69.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $73.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 6.05 to trade at $2,598.45 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.78, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.04% to 4.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.58.

Source: Investing.com