Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.67%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 5.04% or 99 points to trade at 2065 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 5.01% or 670 points to end at 14030 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 3.66% or 3300 points to 93500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 1.35% or 210 points to trade at 15330 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) declined 0.87% or 40 points to end at 4560 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 0.68% or 430 points to 62470.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 233 to 86 and 124 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.42% or 1.58 to $47.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.95% or 1.95 to hit $51.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.05% or 11.90 to trade at $1149.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.8689, while EUR/ILS rose 0.42% to 4.3576.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 95.64.