Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TASE:GZT), which rose 11.73% or 336 points to trade at 3200 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) added 3.94% or 720 points to end at 18990 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was up 3.23% or 87 points to 2777 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 2.20% or 1160 points to trade at 51500 at the close. Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) declined 1.65% or 190 points to end at 11310 and Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) was down 0.86% or 440 points to 50530.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 214 to 172 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.30% or 0.17 to $56.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.51% or 0.32 to hit $62.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 6.35 to trade at $1420.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.5402, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 3.9484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 97.377.