Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.96%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 4.06% or 41.00 points to trade at 1,040.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) added 3.95% or 1,390.00 points to end at 36,560.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.97% or 165.00 points to 5,728.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 2.14% or 560.00 points to trade at 25,610.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 0.81% or 780.00 points to end at 95,220.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 0.48% or 9.00 points to 1,877.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 300 to 160 and 84 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.41% or 0.30 to $73.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.29 to hit $78.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 10.95 to trade at $2,031.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.04% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 103.81.