Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TASE:PRGO), which rose 4.92% or 880 points to trade at 18780 at the close. Meanwhile, Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp) added 4.44% or 1.8 points to end at 42.3 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 4.03% or 970 points to 25050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 4.03% or 370 points to trade at 8820 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 3.85% or 1920 points to end at 47970 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was down 2.98% or 39 points to 1271.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 307 to 102 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.03% or 370 to 8820. Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.85% or 1920 to 47970. Shares in ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.98% or 39 to 1271.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.11% or 0.52 to $47.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $52.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 3.24% or 51.60 to trade at $1646.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.62% to 3.4553, while EUR/ILS fell 0.42% to 3.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.257.