Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.04%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.04% to hit a new 6-months high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS), which rose 6.30% or 660.00 points to trade at 11,130.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 2.65% or 55.00 points to end at 2,130.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 2.56% or 3,600.00 points to 144,000.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 5.61% or 1,770.00 points to trade at 29,790.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 2.96% or 2,680.00 points to end at 87,770.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 2.51% or 1,520.00 points to 59,020.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 237 to 225 and 73 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.49% or 1.17 to $77.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.26% or 1.05 to hit $82.51 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 14.65 to trade at $2,038.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 1.26% to 3.67, while EUR/ILS rose 1.66% to 3.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 103.83.