Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 10.57% or 219 points to trade at 2290 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 1.60% or 33 points to end at 2100 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 0.78% or 280 points to 36290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which fell 2.37% or 22 points to trade at 910 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.24% or 1170 points to end at 51100 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was down 2.15% or 32 points to 1453.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 163 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.36% or 0.24 to $66.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.19 to hit $72.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 11.70 to trade at $1228.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.6339, while EUR/ILS fell 0.01% to 4.2470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 94.53.