Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.84% or 106 points to trade at 2863 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) added 1.81% or 41 points to end at 2305 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was up 1.66% or 320 points to 19650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which lost 3.23% or 530 points to trade at 15890 in late trade. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 3.08% or 380 points to end at 11970 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) shed 1.88% or 490 points to 25630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 216 to 164 and 64 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.26% or 0.14 to $53.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.25 to trade at $1220.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.00% to 3.6777, while EUR/ILS fell 0.02% to 3.8913.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.73.