© Reuters. Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.56%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the added 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were Israel Corp (TASE:), which rose 2.39% or 2,170.00 points to trade at 93,120.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) added 2.29% or 85.00 points to end at 3,799.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) was up 2.20% or 125.00 points to 5,807.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Hapoalim (TASE:), which fell 1.24% or 40.00 points to trade at 3,185.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:) declined 0.72% or 13.00 points to end at 1,794.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) was down 0.63% or 70.00 points to 10,970.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 317 to 163 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.54% or 1.12 to $73.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.60% or 1.25 to hit $79.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 14.50 to trade at $2,055.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.13% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 0.44% to 4.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 101.69.
