Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.78% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the gained 0.78%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:), which rose 6.89% or 205.00 points to trade at 3,180.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TASE:) added 4.50% or 1,950.00 points to end at 45,250.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:) was up 3.72% or 212.00 points to 5,916.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:), which fell 6.37% or 35.40 points to trade at 520.00 at the close. Harel (TASE:) declined 1.62% or 55.00 points to end at 3,345.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:) was down 1.53% or 3,070.00 points to 197,000.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 267 to 198 and 44 ended unchanged.

Shares in OPKO Health Inc (TASE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.37% or 35.40 to 520.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.74% or 2.19 to $82.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.61% or 2.28 to hit $89.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.25 to trade at $1,740.85 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.06% to 3.47, while EUR/ILS rose 0.35% to 3.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 107.32.