Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.01% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 19.25% or 1,146.00 points to trade at 7,100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 3.61% or 2,470.00 points to end at 70,820.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.30% or 152.00 points to 6,748.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which fell 2.14% or 570.00 points to trade at 26,060.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 1.97% or 91.00 points to end at 4,524.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was down 1.68% or 790.00 points to 46,230.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 186 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) rose to 5-year highs; up 19.25% or 1,146.00 to 7,100.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.56% or 1.81 to $68.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.85% or 1.37 to hit $72.54 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 15.64 to trade at $2,654.36 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.30% to 3.59, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 3.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.62.