Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.80%
2022.07.18 19:34
Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.80%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.80% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which rose 3.17% or 158.00 points to trade at 5,138.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 2.73% or 330.00 points to end at 12,400.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 2.30% or 65.00 points to 2,890.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 2.19% or 20.90 points to trade at 934.00 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) declined 1.95% or 180.00 points to end at 9,070.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 1.07% or 37.00 points to 3,433.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 270 to 219 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.42% or 4.18 to $98.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 4.32% or 4.37 to hit $105.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 6.10 to trade at $1,709.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.49% to 3.44, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 3.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.86% at 106.99.
