Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.48% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which rose 3.90% or 560 points to trade at 14910 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 3.23% or 1060 points to end at 33850 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 3.06% or 220 points to 7402 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT), which fell 3.21% or 79 points to trade at 2381 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 3.16% or 98 points to end at 3005 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 1.72% or 23 points to 1317.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 261 to 227 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nova (TASE:NVMI) rose to all time highs; up 3.23% or 1060 to 33850.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $70.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $73.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 11.25 to trade at $1805.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.2095, while EUR/ILS rose 0.19% to 3.7961.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.472.