Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.47%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the gained 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:), which rose 4.15% or 216.00 points to trade at 5,420.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:) added 2.91% or 1,260.00 points to end at 44,550.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:) was up 2.77% or 148.00 points to 5,495.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:), which fell 1.69% or 230.00 points to trade at 13,370.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:) declined 1.53% or 7.80 points to end at 503.20 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:) was down 1.01% or 340.00 points to 33,350.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 273 to 189 and 35 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.95% or 0.79 to $82.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.89% or 0.77 to hit $85.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 6.85 to trade at $1,969.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.84% to 3.68, while EUR/ILS rose 0.72% to 4.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 101.93.