Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.02%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 4.76% or 880 points to trade at 19360 at the close. Meanwhile, Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) added 4.31% or 1690 points to end at 40890 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) was up 3.91% or 118 points to 3138 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ), which fell 3.03% or 10.3 points to trade at 330.0 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 2.74% or 48 points to end at 1706 and Shufersal (TASE:SAE) was down 2.46% or 63 points to 2501.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 215 to 186 and 30 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.90% or 0.43 to $48.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.69% or 0.35 to hit $51.43 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.89% or 35.15 to trade at $1894.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.26% to 3.2420, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 3.9703.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 89.782.