Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI), which rose 2.62% or 136.00 points to trade at 5,330.00 at the close. Leumi (TASE:LUMI) added 2.56% or 129.00 points to end at 5,165.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT) was up 2.34% or 62.00 points to 2,715.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which lost 2.23% or 96.00 points to trade at 4,215.00 in late trade. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 1.79% or 2,080.00 points to end at 114,420.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) shed 1.67% or 41.00 points to 2,414.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 270 to 193 and 73 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.03% or 1.26 to $60.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.93% or 1.25 to hit $63.54 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 21.91 to trade at $3,325.79 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.34% to 3.62, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.01% to 4.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 99.06.