Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 4.34% or 166 points to trade at 3987 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 2.21% or 400 points to end at 18480 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 1.90% or 4.8 points to 258.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which lost 1.03% or 360 points to trade at 34480 in late trade. OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) declined 0.30% or 11 points to end at 3669 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) shed 0.23% or 14 points to 6076.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 229 to 114 and 103 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.71% or 0.81 to $48.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.89% or 0.93 to hit $50.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1345.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.7683, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 4.2661.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.37.