Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 25 up 0.80%

Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 3.19% or 2490 points to trade at 80500 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 2.34% or 340 points to end at 14840 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 2.28% or 780 points to 35060 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which fell 1.03% or 630 points to trade at 60560 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 0.57% or 120 points to end at 20780 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was down 0.28% or 40 points to 14180.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 259 to 83 and 112 ended unchanged.

Shares in Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) rose to all time highs; rising 2.28% or 780 to 35060.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.01 to $37.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.15% or 1.15 to hit $37.61 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.50 to trade at $1060.40 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.8925, while EUR/ILS rose 0.56% to 4.2576.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.77.

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