Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 2.81% or 69 points to trade at 2523 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 2.58% or 181 points to end at 7203 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 2.57% or 500 points to 19940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which fell 1.52% or 500 points to trade at 32390 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 0.98% or 97 points to end at 9830 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was down 0.94% or 410 points to 43040.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 291 to 99 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.49% or 0.32 to $65.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $69.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.98% or 13.30 to trade at $1341.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.4878, while EUR/ILS fell 0.61% to 4.3244.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 89.05.