Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 3.28% or 186 points to trade at 5860 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 2.26% or 154 points to end at 6959 and Liveperson (TA:LPSN) was up 2.14% or 192 points to 9164 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TA:HARL), which fell 1.01% or 25 points to trade at 2453 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 0.90% or 580 points to end at 63540 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was down 0.74% or 0.3 points to 40.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 223 to 160 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.87% or 0.98 to $53.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.97% or 1.21 to hit $62.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1313.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.6374, while EUR/ILS fell 0.00% to 4.1104.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.722.