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 rose 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which rose 6.35% or 4,080.00 points to trade at 68,380.00 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) added 4.75% or 74.00 points to end at 1,632.00 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) was up 4.54% or 620.00 points to 14,290.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which lost 1.29% or 190.00 points to trade at 14,550.00 in late trade. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 1.04% or 47.00 points to end at 4,463.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) shed 0.87% or 18.00 points to 2,052.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 347 to 106 and 86 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.32% or 0.96 to $73.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.06% or 0.81 to hit $77.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 15.10 to trade at $2,429.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.42% to 3.83, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 4.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.71.