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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI ), which rose 2.62% or 136.00 points to trade at 5,330.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Leumi (TASE: LUMI ) added 2.56% or 129.00 points to end at 5,165.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE: DSCT ) was up 2.34% or 62.00 points to 2,715.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE: ENOG ), which fell 2.23% or 96.00 points to trade at 4,215.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE: ILCO ) declined 1.79% or 2,080.00 points to end at 114,420.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE: ICL ) was down 1.67% or 41.00 points to 2,414.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 270 to 193 and 73 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.08% or 1.29 to $60.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.98% or 1.28 to hit $63.51 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 22.40 to trade at $3,325.30 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.62, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.01% to 4.13.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 99.07.