Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.08%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.08%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 4.19% or 1,500.00 points to trade at 37,300.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) added 4.04% or 1,340.00 points to end at 34,500.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was up 3.27% or 440.00 points to 13,880.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 2.49% or 128.00 points to trade at 5,015.00 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 1.26% or 910.00 points to end at 71,100.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 1.11% or 350.00 points to 31,050.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 338 to 150 and 27 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.25% or 0.97 to $78.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.99% or 0.84 to hit $85.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 6.90 to trade at $1,929.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.09% to 3.46, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.03% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.99.