Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.35% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which rose 4.32% or 1890 points to trade at 45590 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 2.87% or 11.0 points to end at 394.0 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was up 2.28% or 50 points to 2239 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TA:HARL), which fell 1.60% or 46 points to trade at 2835 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 1.40% or 220 points to end at 15500 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was down 1.21% or 29 points to 2361.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 280 to 102 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.07% or 0.70 to $66.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.66% or 0.48 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1195.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.6453, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.1990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.47.