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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Camtek Ltd (TASE: CAMT ), which rose 3.99% or 1,170.00 points to trade at 30,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE: BEZQ ) added 3.03% or 18.50 points to end at 630.00 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE: PHOE ) was up 2.79% or 290.00 points to 10,700.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Newmed Energy LP (TASE: NWMDp ), which fell 2.58% or 42.00 points to trade at 1,588.00 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE: TSEM ) declined 1.69% or 260.00 points to end at 15,100.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE: ENOG ) was down 1.29% or 55.00 points to 4,199.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 182 and 93 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE: BEZQ ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.03% or 18.50 to 630.00. Shares in Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE: PHOE ) rose to all time highs; up 2.79% or 290.00 to 10,700.00.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.43% or 0.29 to $66.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $69.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 3.15 to trade at $3,355.95 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.68% to 3.37, while EUR/ILS rose 0.30% to 3.91.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 98.21.