Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 4.99% or 74 points to trade at 1556 at the close. Meanwhile, Harel (TA:HARL) added 2.44% or 64 points to end at 2684 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 1.61% or 57 points to 3605 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Partner (TA:PTNR), which fell 2.31% or 49 points to trade at 2075 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.26% or 850 points to end at 66400 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.00% or 5.7 points to 563.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 204 to 190 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.54% or 0.98 to $64.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.52% or 1.05 to hit $70.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1337.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.4118, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 4.1930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.94.