Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.73%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.73% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 4.57% or 246.00 points to trade at 5,630.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) added 3.77% or 23.80 points to end at 656.00 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was up 3.55% or 150.00 points to 4,375.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 5.22% or 2,870.00 points to trade at 52,110.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 2.06% or 12.60 points to end at 600.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 0.69% or 180.00 points to 26,010.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 254 to 229 and 34 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 3.32% or 2.83 to $88.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.43% or 2.23 to hit $93.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 13.80 to trade at $1,671.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.70% to 3.49, while EUR/ILS rose 0.40% to 3.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.13% at 109.57.