Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.16%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.16%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 5.18% or 2,850.00 points to trade at 57,900.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 5.02% or 155.00 points to end at 3,240.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 4.94% or 1,430.00 points to 30,380.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which fell 1.76% or 450.00 points to trade at 25,150.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:HARL) declined 1.26% or 43.00 points to end at 3,381.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 1.25% or 47.00 points to 3,713.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 262 to 207 and 44 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.38% or 1.27 to $90.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.00% or 0.98 to hit $96.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 2.12% or 35.55 to trade at $1,716.05 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.53, while EUR/ILS rose 0.64% to 3.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 109.38.