Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.68% or 630 points to trade at 24150 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.46% or 1010 points to end at 70010 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 0.94% or 6.2 points to 662.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nice (TA:NICE), which lost 1.72% or 420 points to trade at 24020 in late trade. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 1.64% or 27 points to end at 1615 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 1.22% or 190 points to 15410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 170 to 162 and 118 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $52.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.65% or 0.38 to hit $57.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1154.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.7704, while EUR/ILS fell 0.19% to 4.1466.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.90.