Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT), which rose 4.80% or 161 points to trade at 3512 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) added 3.00% or 91 points to end at 3123 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) was up 2.69% or 730 points to 27900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Harel (TA:HARL), which lost 1.00% or 21 points to trade at 2070 in late trade. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 1.00% or 110 points to end at 10940 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) shed 0.78% or 10 points to 1267.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 217 to 186 and 12 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.88% or 0.42 to $47.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.97% or 0.50 to hit $52.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.22 to trade at $1291.48 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.07% to 3.6207, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 4.2562.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 93.41.