Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.82%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 3.13% or 28.00 points to trade at 921.80 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) added 2.76% or 410.00 points to end at 15,290.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 2.26% or 47.00 points to 2,130.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which fell 1.93% or 111.00 points to trade at 5,639.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.72% or 60.00 points to end at 3,420.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.38% or 38.00 points to 2,725.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 295 to 148 and 96 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.20 to $73.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 6.55 to trade at $2,534.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.80% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 1.10% to 4.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 101.61.