Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.94%

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Published Apr 18, 2021 12:30PM ET

Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.94%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.94% to hit a new 52-week high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 7.19% or 1790 points to trade at 26700 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) added 5.71% or 121 points to end at 2241 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 5.56% or 74 points to 1406 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 3.00% or 115 points to trade at 3723 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) declined 2.32% or 8.0 points to end at 337.0 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was down 2.00% or 196 points to 9597.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 271 to 181 and 22 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.71% or 121 to 2241.

Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $63.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $66.71 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 10.10 to trade at $1776.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.2795, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 3.9297.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.530.

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