Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Isramco L (TA:ISRAp), which rose 1.66% or 1.1 points to trade at 67.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Discount (TA:DSCT) added 1.22% or 8.1 points to end at 669.6 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 1.10% or 870 points to 80270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which fell 1.57% or 97 points to trade at 6070 at the close. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 0.87% or 140 points to end at 15980 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was down 0.84% or 210 points to 24650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 200 to 126 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.37% or 0.17 to $45.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1331.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.19% to 3.8610, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 4.2515.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 97.13.