Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.97%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Real Estate and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.97%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN ), which rose 4.09% or 32.50 points to trade at 827.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE ) added 4.02% or 35.10 points to end at 907.20 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG ) was up 3.97% or 183.00 points to 4,793.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ), which fell 2.43% or 700.00 points to trade at 28,080.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI ) declined 2.00% or 1,550.00 points to end at 75,940.00 and Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS ) was down 1.68% or 230.00 points to 13,470.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 310 to 141 and 88 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.82% or 1.28 to $71.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.72% or 1.26 to hit $74.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 16.40 to trade at $2,668.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.67% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS fell 0.30% to 4.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 100.32.

Source: Investing.com