Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Real Estate and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.52% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 3.29% or 213.00 points to trade at 6,693.00 at the close. Newmed Energy LP (TASE:NWMDp) added 3.07% or 30.60 points to end at 1,026.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.90% or 148.00 points to 5,248.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which lost 1.04% or 340.00 points to trade at 32,460.00 in late trade. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 0.94% or 780.00 points to end at 82,500.00 and Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) shed 0.84% or 31.00 points to 3,669.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 276 to 180 and 84 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 5.01% or 3.70 to $70.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.71% or 3.65 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 14.70 to trade at $2,680.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS rose 0.22% to 4.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 102.90.