Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.14%

© Reuters. Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.14%

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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the added 1.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:), which rose 4.52% or 80.00 points to trade at 1,850.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:) added 4.17% or 1,870.00 points to end at 46,720.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:) was up 3.80% or 3,330.00 points to 90,970.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energix (TASE:), which fell 0.82% or 11.00 points to trade at 1,326.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) declined 0.51% or 25.00 points to end at 4,924.00 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:) was down 0.15% or 5.00 points to 3,387.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 308 to 152 and 76 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.56% or 1.26 to $81.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.38% or 1.18 to hit $86.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.35 to trade at $2,162.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.51% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 0.53% to 3.98.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 103.16.