Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 3.17% or 33 points to trade at 1074 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.77% or 209 points to end at 7759 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 2.62% or 1570 points to 61400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 3.63% or 1110 points to trade at 29430 at the close. Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE) declined 1.44% or 49 points to end at 3344 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was down 1.23% or 130 points to 10480.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 182 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Strauss Group (TA:STRS) rose to all time highs; up 2.77% or 209 to 7759.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.81% or 0.52 to $63.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.53% or 0.36 to hit $66.93 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 14.10 to trade at $1318.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.11% to 3.4795, while EUR/ILS fell 0.70% to 4.2586.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 90.31.