Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.66% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 2.99% or 34 points to trade at 1173 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.59% or 1670 points to end at 66170 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 2.05% or 29 points to 1443 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which fell 1.68% or 1020 points to trade at 59780 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.50% or 12.9 points to end at 845.8 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was down 0.84% or 170 points to 20020.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 145 and 110 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.37% or 1.39 to $42.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.10% or 1.33 to hit $44.24 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.66% or 20.50 to trade at $1255.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.7607, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 93.98.