Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 4.91% or 2630 points to trade at 56230 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 3.56% or 35 points to end at 1017 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 2.85% or 70 points to 2529 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 1.61% or 90 points to trade at 5510 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 1.23% or 72 points to end at 5793 and Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) was down 0.88% or 16 points to 1798.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 334 to 67 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.13% or 0.51 to $45.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.79% or 0.95 to hit $54.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1284.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.7339, while EUR/ILS fell 0.46% to 4.2662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 95.700.