Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 10.57% or 219 points to trade at 2290 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 1.60% or 33 points to end at 2100 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 0.78% or 280 points to 36290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 2.37% or 22 points to trade at 910 in late trade. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 2.24% or 1170 points to end at 51100 and Partner (TA:PTNR) shed 2.15% or 32 points to 1453.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 163 and 33 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.39% or 0.26 to $66.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $72.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.96% or 11.90 to trade at $1227.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.6338, while EUR/ILS fell 0.02% to 4.2466.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.54.