Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.56% 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 added 1.56%.

The best performers of the session on the were Liveperson (TASE:), which rose 5.44% or 247.00 points to trade at 4,786.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:) added 4.60% or 44.90 points to end at 1,022.00 and Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:) was up 4.47% or 800.00 points to 18,700.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:), which fell 6.66% or 56.40 points to trade at 790.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:) declined 1.30% or 19.00 points to end at 1,441.00 and Energix (TASE:) was down 0.56% or 6.00 points to 1,060.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 367 to 122 and 35 ended unchanged.

Shares in OPKO Health Inc (TASE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.66% or 56.40 to 790.00.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.37% or 1.48 to $109.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.53% or 0.60 to hit $114.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 3.10 to trade at $1,837.50 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.45, while EUR/ILS rose 0.40% to 3.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.20.