Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.21%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 3.45% or 2,650.00 points to trade at 79,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 1.94% or 820.00 points to end at 43,120.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 1.92% or 85.00 points to 4,520.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR), which fell 2.41% or 3,460.00 points to trade at 140,000.00 at the close. Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) declined 1.88% or 480.00 points to end at 25,110.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 1.80% or 1,390.00 points to 76,000.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 241 to 203 and 96 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.26% or 1.68 to $76.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.08% or 1.62 to hit $79.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.95 to trade at $2,664.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.49% to 3.79, while EUR/ILS fell 0.72% to 4.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 102.26.