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 gained 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 4.44% or 229 points to trade at 5390 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 3.19% or 1520 points to end at 49170 and Liveperson (TA:LPSN) was up 2.39% or 240 points to 10270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which lost 1.99% or 17 points to trade at 839 in late trade. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.85% or 5.0 points to end at 266.0 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 1.46% or 16 points to 1079.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 162 and 47 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.05% or 0.69 to $66.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $74.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.45 to trade at $1274.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.42% to 3.6061, while EUR/ILS rose 0.06% to 4.0447.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 97.317.