Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Nice (TA:NICE), which rose 2.85% or 630 points to trade at 22750 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.43% or 39 points to end at 1647 and International (TA:FTIN) was up 2.33% or 108 points to 4736 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which lost 1.88% or 4.4 points to trade at 230.1 in late trade. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) declined 1.77% or 1080 points to end at 59770 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) shed 1.72% or 240 points to 13700.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 244 to 108 and 102 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.22% or 0.45 to $36.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.03% or 0.76 to hit $36.47 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1076.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.32% to 3.9328, while EUR/ILS fell 0.67% to 4.2162.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.74% at 99.67.