Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.56%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 2.39% or 2,170.00 points to trade at 93,120.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 2.29% or 85.00 points to end at 3,799.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.20% or 125.00 points to 5,807.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI), which fell 1.24% or 40.00 points to trade at 3,185.00 at the close. Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) declined 0.72% or 13.00 points to end at 1,794.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 0.63% or 70.00 points to 10,970.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 317 to 163 and 59 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.54% or 1.12 to $73.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.60% or 1.25 to hit $79.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 14.50 to trade at $2,055.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.13% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 0.44% to 4.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 101.69.