Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 3.09% or 7.1 points to trade at 237.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.94% or 172 points to end at 6015 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 2.71% or 34 points to 1289 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 0.50% or 100 points to trade at 20050 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 0.06% or 10 points to end at 16200 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 0.07% or 1 points to 1361.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 228 to 101 and 117 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.60% or 0.77 to $48.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.30% or 0.63 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.35% or 16.85 to trade at $1234.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.8510, while EUR/ILS fell 0.85% to 4.2981.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.47.