Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.94%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.94%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 6.63% or 622.00 points to trade at 10,010.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT) added 6.08% or 315.00 points to end at 5,500.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 5.62% or 58.00 points to 1,090.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS), which fell 2.09% or 205.00 points to trade at 9,600.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) declined 1.69% or 430.00 points to end at 25,000.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 0.91% or 31.00 points to 3,360.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 325 to 129 and 90 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.48% or 1.16 to $79.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 1.21 to hit $83.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 16.30 to trade at $1,966.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.43% to 3.80, while EUR/ILS fell 0.16% to 4.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.11% at 104.33.