Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 7.03% or 1290 points to trade at 19640 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) added 4.35% or 120 points to end at 2878 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was up 3.77% or 550 points to 15140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harel (TASE:HARL), which fell 1.37% or 43 points to trade at 3097 at the close. Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) declined 1.34% or 40 points to end at 2950 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 0.98% or 30 points to 3026.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 291 to 181 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.60% or 0.40 to $66.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.60% or 0.41 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.35 to trade at $1810.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.2917, while EUR/ILS fell 0.41% to 3.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.055.