Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.39%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.39% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 5.89% or 52.00 points to trade at 933.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil&Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 4.76% or 200.00 points to end at 4,398.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 4.47% or 1,930.00 points to 45,090.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 2.42% or 58.00 points to trade at 2,340.00 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) declined 0.59% or 11.00 points to end at 1,841.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 0.35% or 12.00 points to 3,416.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 248 to 198 and 98 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.67% or 2.03 to $78.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.64% or 2.13 to hit $82.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 10.55 to trade at $1,974.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.31% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS rose 0.47% to 4.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.43.