Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.32%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 2.66% or 39.00 points to trade at 1,507.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 2.48% or 76.00 points to end at 3,136.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 2.22% or 4,560.00 points to 210,090.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 1.38% or 77.00 points to trade at 5,483.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 1.34% or 2,350.00 points to end at 172,700.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 1.27% or 45.00 points to 3,495.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 276 to 156 and 27 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.25% or 2.18 to $94.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.20% or 2.26 to hit $100.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 4.85 to trade at $1,744.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.31, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.06% to 3.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 108.47.