© Reuters Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.79%
Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the added 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the were Liveperson (TASE:), which rose 9.87% or 484.00 points to trade at 5,390.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TASE:) added 5.02% or 420.00 points to end at 8,779.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:) was up 4.75% or 41.50 points to 915.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:), which fell 0.68% or 110.00 points to trade at 16,020.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:) declined 0.46% or 15.00 points to end at 3,235.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:) was down 0.37% or 600.00 points to 160,300.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 393 to 105 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.68% or 2.79 to $107.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $109.10 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.70 to trade at $1,828.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.07% to 3.41, while EUR/ILS fell 0.82% to 3.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 103.89.
