Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Technology and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 8.95% or 327 points to trade at 3980 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) added 6.89% or 224 points to end at 3474 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 3.44% or 680 points to 20450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 4.58% or 720 points to trade at 14990 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 3.74% or 1310 points to end at 33710 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was down 0.84% or 210 points to 24900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 181 to 173 and 89 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 3.97% or 1.72 to $45.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.58% or 1.59 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1223.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.8417, while EUR/ILS fell 0.15% to 4.1223.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 100.22.