Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.54% or 90 points to trade at 3637 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.91% or 650 points to end at 34750 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.02% or 170 points to 16780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 1.65% or 340 points to trade at 20210 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 0.98% or 36 points to end at 3634 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 0.70% or 43 points to 6110.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 189 to 149 and 106 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.09% or 0.55 to $49.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.32% or 0.68 to hit $50.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.64% or 8.05 to trade at $1271.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.8494, while EUR/ILS fell 0.30% to 4.1798.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 98.97.