Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.61%
2022.08.08 19:54
Amir Cohen/File Photo Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.61%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.61% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 5.95% or 203.00 points to trade at 3,617.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) added 5.80% or 63.00 points to end at 1,149.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 4.16% or 324.00 points to 8,120.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 1.65% or 600.00 points to trade at 35,670.00 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 0.89% or 450.00 points to end at 49,910.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 0.57% or 90.00 points to 15,760.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 355 to 152 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.95% or 203.00 to 3,617.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.57% or 1.40 to $90.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.50% or 1.42 to hit $96.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 12.65 to trade at $1,803.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.08% to 3.31, while EUR/ILS fell 0.86% to 3.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 106.18.
