Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.08%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 3.32% or 1,140.00 points to trade at 35,440.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 2.32% or 82.00 points to end at 3,615.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was up 2.20% or 21.00 points to 990.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 4.79% or 1,170.00 points to trade at 23,240.00 at the close. Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 4.76% or 223.00 points to end at 4,460.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 3.39% or 3,140.00 points to 89,560.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 261 to 195 and 83 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.57% or 1.08 to $69.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.49% or 1.09 to hit $74.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.25 to trade at $1,996.45 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS fell 0.34% to 3.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 103.43.