Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 11.23% or 206 points to trade at 2041 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 8.13% or 270 points to end at 3590 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 3.50% or 960 points to 28400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 3.53% or 61 points to trade at 1668 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.29% or 12.0 points to end at 513.0 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was down 1.94% or 91 points to 4606.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 201 to 194 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.43% or 0.24 to $56.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.44 to trade at $1281.74 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.13% to 3.5216, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 4.1307.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.95.