Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 4.19% or 760 points to trade at 18890 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.66% or 48 points to end at 1358 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was up 3.18% or 1360 points to 44160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL), which fell 1.87% or 770 points to trade at 40400 at the close. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 1.17% or 2.1 points to end at 177.0 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) was down 1.06% or 23 points to 2150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 247 to 128 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.15% or 0.11 to $71.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $80.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1232.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.6416, while EUR/ILS fell 0.11% to 4.2179.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.72.