Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Technology and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.54% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE: NVMI ), which rose 4.68% or 3,080.00 points to trade at 68,910.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE: TSEM ) added 2.56% or 370.00 points to end at 14,810.00 and Delek Group (TASE: DLEKG ) was up 1.96% or 1,220.00 points to 63,500.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TASE: ILCO ), which fell 1.96% or 2,200.00 points to trade at 110,190.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE: NICE ) declined 1.71% or 1,000.00 points to end at 57,650.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE: ICL ) was down 1.64% or 38.00 points to 2,276.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 234 to 218 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delek Group (TASE: DLEKG ) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.96% or 1,220.00 to 63,500.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.54% or 0.95 to $60.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.39% or 0.89 to hit $63.23 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.98% or 67.09 to trade at $3,327.41 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.41% to 3.53, while EUR/ILS fell 0.80% to 4.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 99.39.