Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 2.26%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 2.26% to hit a new 6-months high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 6.44% or 6,400.00 points to trade at 105,800.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) added 6.30% or 135.00 points to end at 2,277.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was up 4.22% or 550.00 points to 13,590.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 1.01% or 30.00 points to trade at 2,934.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 0.61% or 3.00 points to end at 490.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 34,760.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 342 to 126 and 29 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.04% or 1.51 to $75.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.69% or 1.33 to hit $79.83 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.47% or 28.85 to trade at $1,985.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.97% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS fell 1.11% to 4.03.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.64.