Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.86% or 180 points to trade at 6465 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 1.98% or 8.7 points to end at 449.0 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.73% or 1160 points to 68090 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TA:ALHE), which fell 1.98% or 65 points to trade at 3220 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.94% or 181 points to end at 9160 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was down 1.70% or 2.8 points to 161.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 205 to 164 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.50% or 0.34 to $68.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.50% or 0.37 to hit $75.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.70 to trade at $1329.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.49% to 3.5633, while EUR/ILS rose 0.55% to 4.3531.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 90.70.