Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.97% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 9.83% or 107.00 points to trade at 1,195.00 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) added 5.75% or 2,630.00 points to end at 48,330.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was up 4.63% or 54.00 points to 1,220.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which lost 2.22% or 136.00 points to trade at 5,999.00 in late trade. Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS) declined 1.96% or 200.00 points to end at 10,020.00 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) shed 0.87% or 260.00 points to 29,640.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 260 to 202 and 76 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.25% or 0.86 to $69.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.12% or 0.81 to hit $73.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 12.30 to trade at $2,654.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 3.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.88.