Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.55% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 4.16% or 580 points to trade at 14530 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.70% or 117 points to end at 4452 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 2.58% or 360 points to 14290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which lost 2.57% or 1680 points to trade at 63600 in late trade. International (TA:FTIN) declined 1.58% or 86 points to end at 5368 and Discount (TA:DSCT) shed 1.52% or 11.9 points to 770.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 183 to 163 and 96 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.34% or 0.18 to $52.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $55.49 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.63% or 7.35 to trade at $1158.45 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.69% to 3.8005, while EUR/ILS fell 0.67% to 4.0435.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 100.98.