Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.34% or 45 points to trade at 1081 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 4.31% or 1530 points to end at 37000 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 3.34% or 54 points to 1670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.06% or 67 points to trade at 6265 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 0.93% or 23 points to end at 2450 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) was down 0.75% or 56 points to 7444.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 204 to 175 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) rose to all time highs; rising 4.31% or 1530 to 37000.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.14% or 0.09 to $66.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.20 to trade at $1346.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.5191, while EUR/ILS fell 0.55% to 4.3449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.