Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.82%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ), which rose 3.13% or 28.00 points to trade at 921.80 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI ) added 2.76% or 410.00 points to end at 15,290.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN ) was up 2.26% or 47.00 points to 2,130.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS ), which fell 1.93% or 111.00 points to trade at 5,639.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL ) declined 1.72% or 60.00 points to end at 3,420.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE ) was down 1.38% or 38.00 points to 2,725.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 295 to 148 and 96 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.20 to $73.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 6.55 to trade at $2,534.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.80% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 1.10% to 4.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 101.61.

Source: Investing.com