Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.48%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.48%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun&Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 7.63% or 61.20 points to trade at 863.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energix (TASE:ENRG) added 5.62% or 57.00 points to end at 1,072.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 4.76% or 114.00 points to 2,509.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 1.66% or 1,300.00 points to trade at 76,800.00 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) declined 0.62% or 90.00 points to end at 14,440.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was down 0.54% or 170.00 points to 31,530.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 315 to 156 and 26 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.90% or 0.72 to $80.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.49% or 0.42 to hit $86.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.85 to trade at $1,855.45 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 1.90% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS fell 1.39% to 3.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 104.20.