Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.08%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 3.64% or 2,050.00 points to trade at 58,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 1.98% or 77.00 points to end at 3,970.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 1.96% or 57.00 points to 2,970.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT), which fell 1.75% or 121.00 points to trade at 6,780.00 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 1.61% or 9.20 points to end at 564.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) was down 1.52% or 1,060.00 points to 68,860.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 262 to 194 and 51 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.74% or 0.64 to $87.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.00% or 0.92 to hit $93.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 13.30 to trade at $1,722.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.01% to 3.38, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.12% to 3.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 109.57.