Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.05% or 251 points to trade at 8491 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.26% or 50 points to end at 2260 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 1.98% or 770 points to 39610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which lost 5.98% or 1180 points to trade at 18550 in late trade. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) declined 2.11% or 174 points to end at 8086 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) shed 1.95% or 0.8 points to 40.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 205 to 184 and 37 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.36% or 0.86 to $62.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.39% or 1.02 to hit $72.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1230.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.04% to 3.6873, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.2092.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 96.09.