Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 3.36% or 760 points to trade at 23350 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.03% or 2200 points to end at 110400 and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) was up 1.97% or 830 points to 43010 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shufersal (TA:SAE), which fell 2.66% or 66 points to trade at 2413 at the close. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 2.16% or 66 points to end at 2989 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was down 2.08% or 171 points to 8060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 218 to 164 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.16% or 66 to 2989.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.89% or 0.46 to $52.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.09% or 0.66 to hit $61.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.00 to trade at $1220.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.60% to 3.7356, while EUR/ILS rose 0.29% to 4.2181.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 97.287.