Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.09%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 10.65% or 584.00 points to trade at 6,069.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) added 4.18% or 5,840.00 points to end at 145,560.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 2.98% or 2,080.00 points to 71,880.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 3.75% or 158.00 points to trade at 4,057.00 at the close. Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) declined 3.08% or 177.00 points to end at 5,561.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was down 3.07% or 166.00 points to 5,240.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 254 to 213 and 70 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.60% or 0.95 to $58.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.35% or 0.84 to hit $61.29 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 21.30 to trade at $3,257.00 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.81% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS fell 0.78% to 4.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 99.84.

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