Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.78% or 380 points to trade at 14070 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 1.76% or 105 points to end at 6062 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 1.47% or 600 points to 41450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 5.30% or 690 points to trade at 12340 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 0.80% or 160 points to end at 19890 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 0.45% or 3.5 points to 783.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 155 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.47% or 600 to 41450.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.43% or 0.75 to $53.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.64% or 0.91 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.55% or 18.55 to trade at $1214.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.7679, while EUR/ILS rose 0.87% to 4.0718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.99% at 99.43.