Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 4.19% or 760 points to trade at 18890 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.66% or 48 points to end at 1358 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) was up 3.18% or 1360 points to 44160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL), which lost 1.87% or 770 points to trade at 40400 in late trade. Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) declined 1.17% or 2.1 points to end at 177.0 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1) shed 1.06% or 23 points to 2150.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 247 to 128 and 25 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $71.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $80.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1232.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.13% to 3.6416, while EUR/ILS fell 0.14% to 4.2165.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.71.