Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 2.48%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 2.48% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR), which rose 4.97% or 7,170.00 points to trade at 151,450.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 4.23% or 99.00 points to end at 2,439.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) was up 4.21% or 950.00 points to 23,500.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which fell 1.35% or 101.00 points to trade at 7,376.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 0.08% or 3.00 points to end at 3,542.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 0.43% or 5.00 points to 1,180.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 332 to 131 and 81 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 4.32% or 3.36 to $74.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 4.22% or 3.48 to hit $78.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.55 to trade at $1,997.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.40% to 3.73, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.01% to 4.06.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 104.02.