Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.60%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ), which rose 3.52% or 540.00 points to trade at 15,890.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ) added 3.16% or 28.00 points to end at 915.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ) was up 2.96% or 146.00 points to 5,086.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ), which fell 2.33% or 1,560.00 points to trade at 65,500.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG ) declined 1.10% or 52.00 points to end at 4,678.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE ) was down 0.49% or 4.50 points to 920.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 286 to 143 and 110 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.52% or 540.00 to 15,890.00.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.52% or 0.39 to $75.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 10.65 to trade at $2,542.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.62% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 1.10% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 100.85.

Source: Investing.com