Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.18%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the added 1.18%.

The best performers of the session on the were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:), which rose 3.75% or 65.00 points to trade at 1,800.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:) added 3.56% or 3,280.00 points to end at 95,490.00 and Newmed Energy LP (TASE:) was up 3.15% or 34.00 points to 1,114.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:), which fell 0.65% or 18.00 points to trade at 2,732.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) declined 0.38% or 31.00 points to end at 8,101.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:) was down 0.37% or 70.00 points to 18,890.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 360 to 125 and 51 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.93% or 0.66 to $71.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.86% or 0.64 to hit $74.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 22.71 to trade at $2,640.81 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.64, while EUR/ILS fell 0.69% to 3.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 108.21.