Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 6.88% or 3380 points to trade at 52490 at the close. Meanwhile, Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) added 6.63% or 3.9 points to end at 62.7 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was up 3.98% or 34 points to 876 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shufersal (TASE:SAE), which fell 1.08% or 24 points to trade at 2198 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) declined 0.91% or 23 points to end at 2507 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was down 0.63% or 140 points to 22050.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 282 to 127 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $61.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $66.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.75 to trade at $1524.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.4541, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 3.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 96.090.