Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 6.99% or 444 points to trade at 6799 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 6.77% or 1990 points to end at 31370 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 2.17% or 250 points to 11790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which lost 3.95% or 42 points to trade at 1020 in late trade. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 2.77% or 94 points to end at 3304 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) shed 2.31% or 1510 points to 63820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 222 to 177 and 16 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $48.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $54.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.78 to trade at $1331.92 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.41% to 3.5369, while EUR/ILS rose 0.44% to 4.2283.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 91.91.