Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which rose 3.98% or 90 points to trade at 2350 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) added 3.58% or 550 points to end at 15900 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was up 2.85% or 219 points to 7900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE), which fell 2.54% or 18 points to trade at 684 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 1.84% or 29 points to end at 1550 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 1.59% or 23 points to 1423.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 203 to 181 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.79% or 0.66 to $37.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.31% or 0.51 to hit $39.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 14.70 to trade at $1907.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.00% to 3.4088, while EUR/ILS rose 0.76% to 3.9983.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.83% at 93.362.