Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TASE:GZT), which rose 1.94% or 67 points to trade at 3523 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) added 1.90% or 940 points to end at 50500 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 1.89% or 400 points to 21560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 3.87% or 1740 points to trade at 43260 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) declined 3.10% or 79 points to end at 2471 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was down 2.08% or 400 points to 18850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 202 to 174 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.87% or 1740 to 43260.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.74% or 1.02 to $57.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.93% or 1.25 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 5.05 to trade at $1536.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.38% to 3.4991, while EUR/ILS fell 0.30% to 3.8491.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 98.075.