Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.75% or 113 points to trade at 2491 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 3.84% or 810.0 points to end at 21910.0 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.01% or 22 points to 1119 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 1.54% or 8.0 points to trade at 512.0 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 1.45% or 36 points to end at 2445 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 1.40% or 26 points to 1833.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 187 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.73% or 0.38 to $51.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.75% or 0.44 to hit $57.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.65 to trade at $1303.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.5283, while EUR/ILS fell 0.44% to 4.1525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 92.99.