Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE), which rose 3.73% or 47.00 points to trade at 1,307.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) added 3.30% or 134.00 points to end at 4,195.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 3.05% or 1,090.00 points to 36,810.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which fell 8.33% or 6,400.00 points to trade at 70,400.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 3.95% or 153.00 points to end at 3,720.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 3.77% or 7,100.00 points to 181,000.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 254 to 246 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.30% or 134.00 to 4,195.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.85% or 3.02 to $102.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.79% or 3.05 to hit $106.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.39% or 27.05 to trade at $1,912.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.86% to 3.19, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.13% to 3.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 98.44.