Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.68% or 630 points to trade at 24150 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.46% or 1010 points to end at 70010 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 0.94% or 6.2 points to 662.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nice (TA:NICE), which fell 1.72% or 420 points to trade at 24020 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.64% or 27 points to end at 1615 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was down 1.22% or 190 points to 15410.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 170 to 162 and 118 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $52.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.64% or 0.38 to hit $57.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1154.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.7704, while EUR/ILS fell 0.19% to 4.1466.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.90.