Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 2.13%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 2.13%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 5.18% or 356 points to trade at 7228 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) added 4.97% or 497 points to end at 10490 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 4.95% or 99 points to 2097 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TASE:ORL), which fell 1.02% or 0.8 points to trade at 78.0 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) declined 0.25% or 60 points to end at 24260 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was down 0.17% or 4 points to 2335.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 302 to 99 and 16 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 3.21% or 1.19 to $38.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.07% or 1.22 to hit $40.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 9.30 to trade at $1736.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.56% to 3.4571, while EUR/ILS fell 1.11% to 3.8928.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 96.987.