Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.67% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which rose 5.08% or 940 points to trade at 19440 at the close. Meanwhile, Poalim (TA:POLI) added 1.40% or 27 points to end at 1962 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 1.26% or 9.8 points to 789.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which fell 0.92% or 150 points to trade at 16100 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 0.80% or 200 points to end at 24860 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was down 0.72% or 120 points to 16500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 198 to 124 and 116 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.35% or 1.05 to $45.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.64% or 1.22 to hit $47.47 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.87% or 11.75 to trade at $1344.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.15% to 3.8786, while EUR/ILS fell 0.03% to 4.2938.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.50.