Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.78% By

– 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 rose 0.78% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:), which rose 3.03% or 770.00 points to trade at 26,190.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:) added 2.93% or 63.00 points to end at 2,214.00 and Camtek Ltd (TASE:) was up 2.89% or 920.00 points to 32,800.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:), which fell 2.12% or 1,640.00 points to trade at 75,860.00 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:) declined 1.30% or 560.00 points to end at 42,500.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:) was down 0.92% or 15.00 points to 1,610.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 219 and 101 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.34% or 1.01 to $74.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.34% or 1.06 to hit $77.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 11.40 to trade at $2,664.90 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.10% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS fell 0.21% to 4.10.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 102.97.