Israel’s TA 35 Index rose 1.40% to Close

Budrigannews.com – Gains in the and sectors led shares higher after the close on Sunday, propelling Israel stocks higher. The gained 1.38 percent to a new one-month high at the close in Tel Aviv.

OPKO Health Inc. (TASE:), had the session’s best results on the which closed at 528.00 at the close, up 18.56 percent, or 82.60 points. In the interim, Electra Ltd. (TASE:) added 4.20 percent, or 7,500 points, to reach 186,000 points, and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd. (TASE:) was trading at 2,630.00 in late trade, up 3.22% or 82.00 points.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (TASE:), the session’s worst performers, which traded at 14,810.00 at the close after losing 1.40 percent, or 210.00 points. (TASE:) Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ended at 3,790.00, down 0.92 percent, or 35.00 points, and Strauss Group (TASE:) was down 80.00 points, or 0.89 percent, to 8,938.00.

On the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 372 to 116, with 29 ending unchanged.

For March delivery, crude oil remained unchanged at $80.11 per barrel, or 0.00%. Brent oil for delivery in March increased 1.74 percent, or $1.46, to $85.49 a barrel, and the February Gold Futures contract increased 1.29 percent, or $24.55, to $1,923.35 an ounce.

USD/ILS remained unchanged at 3.42, while EUR/ILS remained unchanged at 3.70.

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