Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 6.95% or 164 points to trade at 2524 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 2.95% or 60 points to end at 2092 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.00% or 53 points to 2703 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 3.00% or 2210 points to trade at 71400 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 2.59% or 44 points to end at 1653 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) was down 2.31% or 1150 points to 48730.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 158 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.00% or 2210 to 71400. Shares in ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.59% or 44 to 1653.
Crude oil for October delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $56.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.23% or 0.14 to hit $59.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.45 to trade at $1515.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.5273, while EUR/ILS rose 0.28% to 3.9141.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 98.088.