Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp), which rose 2.12% or 1.0 points to trade at 48.1 at the close. Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 1.81% or 390.0 points to end at 21940.0 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 1.61% or 110 points to 6940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 1.84% or 45 points to trade at 2399 in late trade. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 1.48% or 37 points to end at 2461 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) shed 1.41% or 22 points to 1535.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 213 to 189 and 20 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.62% or 0.32 to $51.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.19% or 15.50 to trade at $1287.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.52% to 3.5136, while EUR/ILS rose 0.14% to 4.1296.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.50.