Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.27%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG ), which rose 3.51% or 1,380.00 points to trade at 40,730.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ) added 2.17% or 780.00 points to end at 36,690.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR ) was up 1.72% or 2,410.00 points to 142,710.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE ), which fell 1.64% or 43.00 points to trade at 2,572.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL ) declined 1.52% or 53.00 points to end at 3,440.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ) was down 1.49% or 70.00 points to 4,620.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 259 to 182 and 98 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.49% or 1.07 to $73.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.47% or 1.12 to hit $77.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 31.50 to trade at $2,516.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.12% to 3.71, while EUR/ILS fell 0.50% to 4.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 101.38.

Source: Investing.com