Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 7.10%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 7.10%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 20.21% or 1556 points to trade at 9256 at the close. Meanwhile, Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) added 16.08% or 266 points to end at 1920 and Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:ALHE) was up 15.72% or 505 points to 3717 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp), which fell 2.69% or 9 points to trade at 326 at the close. Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) declined 0.50% or 48 points to end at 9596 and Shufersal (TASE:SAE) was up 0.34% or 7 points to 2077.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 375 to 39 and 11 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.77% or 0.18 to $23.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.18% or 0.32 to hit $27.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 5.87% or 92.00 to trade at $1659.60 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 2.13% to 3.6199, while EUR/ILS fell 1.70% to 3.8978.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.06% at 102.145.