Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.67%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the rose 0.67%.

The best performers of the session on the were Shikun & Binui (TASE:), which rose 3.36% or 30.00 points to trade at 922.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:) added 3.22% or 77.00 points to end at 2,468.00 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:) was up 3.18% or 14.90 points to 483.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:), which fell 1.83% or 1,800.00 points to trade at 96,700.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:) declined 1.24% or 36.00 points to end at 2,875.00 and Delek Group (TASE:) was down 1.08% or 460.00 points to 42,200.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 247 to 216 and 42 ended unchanged.

Shares in Harel (TASE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.24% or 36.00 to 2,875.00.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.26% or 0.19 to $73.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $78.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.10 to trade at $1,929.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS rose 0.38% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.75.