Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.23%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.23%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG), which rose 6.14% or 2,430.00 points to trade at 42,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 3.78% or 2,370.00 points to end at 64,990.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 3.61% or 197.00 points to 5,652.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which fell 0.60% or 2.90 points to trade at 479.40 at the close. Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 0.56% or 27.00 points to end at 4,825.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 0.46% or 70.00 points to 15,160.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 333 to 138 and 63 ended unchanged.

Shares in Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.14% or 2,430.00 to 42,000.00.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.98% or 1.64 to $81.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.74% or 1.52 to hit $85.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $2,159.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 0.26% to 3.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.65.