Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 2.96% or 102 points to trade at 3552 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 2.27% or 320 points to end at 14390 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.88% or 280 points to 15170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which fell 2.15% or 133 points to trade at 6062 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.07% or 14.8 points to end at 698.5 and First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) was down 1.64% or 92 points to 5521.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 143 and 78 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.82% or 0.44 to $54.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.84% or 0.48 to hit $57.30 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.33% or 3.80 to trade at $1155.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.8740, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.0234.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.02% at 103.41.