Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which rose 4.01% or 206.00 points to trade at 5,345.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) added 3.13% or 28.00 points to end at 921.50 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 2.84% or 61.00 points to 2,211.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enlight Ene (TASE:ENLT), which lost 1.07% or 65.00 points to trade at 6,015.00 in late trade. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 0.21% or 90.00 points to end at 43,000.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) shed 0.15% or 2.00 points to 1,324.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 315 to 125 and 99 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.54% or 1.21 to $77.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.32% or 1.09 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 9.75 to trade at $2,404.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.12% to 3.63, while EUR/ILS fell 0.54% to 3.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 104.25.