Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 5.26% or 14.0 points to trade at 280.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 4.89% or 52 points to end at 1115 and Liveperson (TA:LPSN) was up 3.81% or 400 points to 10890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1), which fell 3.05% or 62 points to trade at 1968 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) declined 1.17% or 24 points to end at 2036 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was down 0.53% or 31 points to 5782.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 120 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Liveperson (TA:LPSN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.81% or 400 to 10890.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.82% or 1.07 to $59.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.79% or 0.53 to hit $67.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 7.00 to trade at $1322.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.6210, while EUR/ILS fell 0.33% to 4.0878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.167.