Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.25%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.25%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI ), which rose 2.76% or 2,100.00 points to trade at 78,100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ ) added 1.89% or 8.00 points to end at 430.50 and Leumi (TASE:LUMI ) was up 1.88% or 66.00 points to 3,579.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL ), which fell 2.91% or 45.00 points to trade at 1,500.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO ) declined 2.58% or 2,020.00 points to end at 76,380.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ) was down 2.38% or 1,560.00 points to 64,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 267 to 182 and 91 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.47% or 3.45 to $73.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.34% or 3.51 to hit $77.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 23.10 to trade at $2,642.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.65% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS fell 0.70% to 4.13.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.33.

Source: Investing.com