Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 2.39%
2022.05.26 19:50
Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 2.39%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 2.39%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 8.05% or 383.00 points to trade at 5,138.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) added 5.97% or 355.00 points to end at 6,300.00 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) was up 5.82% or 1,390.00 points to 25,290.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which fell 1.50% or 990.00 points to trade at 64,900.00 at the close. Shufersal (TASE:SAE) declined 0.72% or 17.00 points to end at 2,355.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 0.04% or 1.00 points to 2,682.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 316 to 176 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shufersal (TASE:SAE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.72% or 17.00 to 2,355.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 3.96% or 4.37 to $114.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.95% or 3.28 to hit $114.40 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.25 to trade at $1,845.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.35, while EUR/ILS rose 0.59% to 3.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.92.
