Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.35% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT), which rose 4.32% or 1890 points to trade at 45590 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) added 2.87% or 11.0 points to end at 394.0 and Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) was up 2.28% or 50 points to 2239 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 1.60% or 46 points to trade at 2835 in late trade. Melisron (TA:MLSR) declined 1.40% or 220 points to end at 15500 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) shed 1.21% or 29 points to 2361.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 280 to 102 and 32 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.15% or 0.75 to $66.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.72% or 0.52 to hit $72.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1196.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.24% to 3.6453, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 4.1974.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.47.