Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 1.51% or 1,270.00 points to trade at 85,440.00 at the close. Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT) added 1.20% or 430.00 points to end at 36,180.00 and Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) was up 1.00% or 390.00 points to 39,300.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which lost 1.94% or 40.00 points to trade at 2,025.00 in late trade. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 1.93% or 17.00 points to end at 863.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) shed 1.65% or 26.00 points to 1,547.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 224 to 208 and 107 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.11% or 0.08 to $73.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $77.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 19.80 to trade at $2,561.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.06% to 4.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 101.40.