Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT), which rose 4.80% or 161 points to trade at 3512 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 3.00% or 91 points to end at 3123 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 2.69% or 730 points to 27900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TA:HARL), which fell 1.00% or 21 points to trade at 2070 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 1.00% or 110 points to end at 10940 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was down 0.78% or 10 points to 1267.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 217 to 186 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mylan NV (TA:MYL) fell to all time lows; losing 1.00% or 110 to 10940.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.88% or 0.42 to $47.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.97% or 0.50 to hit $52.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.22 to trade at $1291.48 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.6207, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 4.2562.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 93.41.