Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 25 up 0.09%

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Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 4.34% or 166 points to trade at 3987 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies(TA:ORA) added 2.21% or 400 points to end at 18480 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.90% or 4.8 points to 258.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.03% or 360 points to trade at 34480 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 0.30% or 11 points to end at 3669 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 0.23% or 14 points to 6076.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 229 to 114 and 103 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.21% or 400 to 18480.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.71% or 0.81 to $48.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.89% or 0.93 to hit $50.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1345.55 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.7683, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 4.2661.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.37.

Source by Investing.com