© REUTERS/Amir Cohen Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.11%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the were Strauss Group (TASE:), which rose 6.25% or 526.00 points to trade at 8,946.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:) added 4.03% or 2,640.00 points to end at 68,160.00 and Leumi (TASE:) was up 2.90% or 88.00 points to 3,126.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:), which fell 3.75% or 46.00 points to trade at 1,181.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:) declined 2.82% or 36.00 points to end at 1,241.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:) was down 1.81% or 100.00 points to 5,440.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 301 to 185 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.82% or 36.00 to 1,241.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.57% or 0.41 to $72.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.80 to trade at $1,800.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.43, while EUR/ILS rose 0.50% to 3.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.82.
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