Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 2.20%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 2.20%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 5.38% or 286.00 points to trade at 5,598.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 5.31% or 1,560.00 points to end at 30,960.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was up 4.07% or 42.00 points to 1,075.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp), which fell 1.74% or 14.60 points to trade at 825.00 at the close. Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 1.71% or 24.00 points to end at 1,376.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was down 0.87% or 330.00 points to 37,680.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 294 to 191 and 28 ended unchanged.

Shares in Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.87% or 330.00 to 37,680.00.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 4.10% or 3.26 to $82.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.52% or 3.00 to hit $88.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.54% or 25.75 to trade at $1,697.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.55, while EUR/ILS fell 0.34% to 3.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 111.83.