Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 2.95% or 390 points to trade at 13630 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.41% or 140 points to end at 5958 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.37% or 1.9 points to 82.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva (TA:TEVA), which lost 1.15% or 270 points to trade at 23180 in late trade. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 0.74% or 20 points to end at 2700 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) shed 0.67% or 31 points to 4619.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 124 and 121 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.50% or 0.30 to $60.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.30 to trade at $1177.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.8389, while EUR/ILS fell 0.35% to 4.3119.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.33.