Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.84% or 740 points to trade at 26780 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) added 2.43% or 570 points to end at 24070 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 2.11% or 44 points to 2129 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 2.48% or 1810 points to trade at 71250 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.10% or 2400 points to end at 112100 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.97% or 31 points to 1539.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 181 to 151 and 116 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.52% or 0.72 to $48.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $53.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.60 to trade at $1095.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.7786, while EUR/ILS fell 0.10% to 4.1772.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 96.77.