Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Avner Oil Exploration LP (TA:AVNRp), which rose 3.90% or 10.0 points to trade at 266.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) added 3.87% or 53 points to end at 1422 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 2.37% or 510 points to 22070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 3.36% or 85 points to trade at 2443 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) declined 1.14% or 58 points to end at 5034 and Cellcom (TA:CEL) was down 1.14% or 43 points to 3743.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 237 to 175 and 90 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $48.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.09 to trade at $1238.09 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.07% to 3.6015, while EUR/ILS rose 0.92% to 3.9918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 98.09.