Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which rose 6.57% or 1160.0 points to trade at 18810.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 2.52% or 580 points to end at 23600 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was up 2.45% or 115 points to 4815 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which fell 4.08% or 570 points to trade at 13400 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.91% or 750 points to end at 25000 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was down 1.43% or 0.8 points to 55.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 246 to 145 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.43% or 0.8 to 55.2.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.78% or 0.36 to $45.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.54% or 0.26 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.74 to trade at $1266.16 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.42% to 3.5304, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 3.9565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.99.