Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Kenon Holdings Ltd (TA:KEN), which rose 5.74% or 461.00 points to trade at 8494.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.70% or 170 points to end at 6464 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was up 2.56% or 203 points to 8145 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT), which fell 1.95% or 630 points to trade at 31750 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.67% or 1300 points to end at 76730 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 1.15% or 19 points to 1640.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 205 to 149 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kenon Holdings Ltd (TA:KEN) rose to all time highs; rising 5.74% or 461.00 to 8494.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.50% or 0.29 to $57.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.92% or 0.58 to hit $62.87 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.50 to trade at $1197.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.9494, while EUR/ILS rose 0.24% to 4.2425.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 98.12.