Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.23%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the gained 0.23% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Delek Group (TASE:), which rose 3.27% or 1,560.00 points to trade at 49,310.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:) added 2.83% or 28.00 points to end at 1,019.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:) was up 1.47% or 52.00 points to 3,579.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:), which fell 2.07% or 50.00 points to trade at 2,370.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:) declined 1.81% or 44.00 points to end at 2,381.00 and Energix (TASE:) was down 1.61% or 19.00 points to 1,160.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 308 to 148 and 88 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.50% or 1.93 to $75.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.46% or 1.19 to hit $80.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 10.90 to trade at $2,003.70 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.04% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS rose 0.29% to 4.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 103.29.