Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 2.92% or 162 points to trade at 5701 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.77% or 2440 points to end at 90400 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 2.66% or 390 points to 15050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 2.04% or 2050 points to trade at 98250 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 1.71% or 400 points to end at 22950 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 1.32% or 28 points to 2094.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 184 to 117 and 142 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.95% or 0.44 to $46.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.65% or 0.32 to hit $48.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.10 to trade at $1177.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.05% to 3.8532, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.3700.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.88.