Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.55% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 4.16% or 580 points to trade at 14530 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.70% or 117 points to end at 4452 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 2.58% or 360 points to 14290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 2.57% or 1680 points to trade at 63600 at the close. First International Bank of Israel (TA:FTIN) declined 1.58% or 86 points to end at 5368 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 1.52% or 11.9 points to 770.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 183 to 163 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.34% or 0.18 to $52.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $55.49 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.63% or 7.35 to trade at $1158.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.69% to 3.8005, while EUR/ILS fell 0.67% to 4.0435.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 100.98.