Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.66% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.23% or 27.8 points to trade at 684.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.62% or 1570 points to end at 61550 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 2.38% or 35 points to 1505 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which fell 2.56% or 155 points to trade at 5907 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.27% or 190 points to end at 14790 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.04% or 42 points to 3994.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 189 to 158 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $48.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.05 to trade at $1207.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.11% to 3.8672, while EUR/ILS fell 0.28% to 4.0947.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 101.34.