Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 5.49% or 160.00 points to trade at 3,072.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 4.31% or 1,250.00 points to end at 30,280.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 3.45% or 1,040.00 points to 31,180.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which fell 2.85% or 3,980.00 points to trade at 135,600.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 1.95% or 55.00 points to end at 2,759.00 and OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) was down 1.43% or 57.00 points to 3,943.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 298 to 199 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.95% or 55.00 to 2,759.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.46% or 2.53 to $75.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.51% or 2.74 to hit $80.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.49% or 26.75 to trade at $1,819.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.67% to 3.41, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 3.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.10% at 103.61.