Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Financials 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 Leumi (TASE:LUMI), which rose 3.06% or 55 points to trade at 1850 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.44% or 590 points to end at 24790 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was up 2.13% or 34 points to 1630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 11.12% or 1237 points to trade at 9883 at the close. Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) declined 4.71% or 231 points to end at 4671 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 4.34% or 18 points to 399.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 222 to 176 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.71% or 231 to 4671.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.11% or 0.35 to $31.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.32% or 0.46 to hit $34.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 10.55 to trade at $1744.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.43% to 3.5130, while EUR/ILS fell 0.24% to 3.8405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 99.505.