Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 5.56% or 71 points to trade at 1348 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 3.32% or 1810 points to end at 56310 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.94% or 470 points to 16440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF), which fell 1.22% or 80 points to trade at 6460 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 0.82% or 3.0 points to end at 364.0 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was down 0.75% or 18 points to 2394.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 303 to 97 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.59% or 0.77 to $49.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.22% or 0.70 to hit $58.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.85 to trade at $1286.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.6986, while EUR/ILS fell 0.50% to 4.2324.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 95.477.